Re: [PATCH v3 3/7] i18n: Rewrite gettext messages start with dash

From: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Date: Jul 24, 2012, 09:44 UTC
Message-ID: <500E6E77.5090909@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <441f0613d796c35b6865a1258f074d1ea91e605c.1343112786.git.worldhello.net@gmail.com>

On 07/24/2012 08:59 AM, Jiang Xin wrote:

> Gettext message in a shell script should not start with '-', one
>

I think using a semicolon instead of a comma after "one" here would be clearer.

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> workaround is adding '--' between gettext and the message, like:
> 
>     gettext -- "--exec option ..."
> 
> But due to a bug in the xgettext extraction, xgettext can not
> extract the actual message for this case. Rewriting the message
> is a simpler and better solution.
>

Regards,
  Stefano

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