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Re: git: problematic git status output with some translations (such as fr_FR)

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Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 19, 2013, 20:50 UTC
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Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:
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>> This includes the colon in the translated string, to make it easier to
>> remember to keep the non-breaking space before it.
>
> Hmph, recent 3651e45c (wt-status: take the alignment burden off
> translators, 2013-11-05) seems to have gone in the different
> direction when it updated similar code for the non-unmerged paths.

Yes, if this seems to go in the right direction, I'd add a follow-up for that when rerolling.

Alternatively if there is some library function to append a colon to a string in a locale-appropriate way, that could work, too. Pointers welcome.

Thanks, Jonathan

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  1. Jonathan NiederDec 19, 2013
  2. Junio C HamanoDec 19, 2013
  3. Jonathan NiederDec 19, 2013
  4. Duy NguyenDec 19, 2013
  5. Raphael HertzogJan 16, 2014
  6. Duy NguyenFeb 8, 2014
  7. Junio C HamanoMar 12, 2014
  8. wt-status: i18n of section labelsJunio C Hamano, Mar 12, 2014
  9. Sandy CarterMar 12, 2014
  10. Junio C HamanoMar 12, 2014
  11. Sandy CarterMar 12, 2014
  12. Junio C HamanoMar 13, 2014

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