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Re: Internationalization and yes/no prompts

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Jean-Noël Avila <avila.jn@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 25, 2015, 09:42 UTC
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Le 24/02/2015 21:32, Junio C Hamano a écrit :
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>> - explicitly put "y/n" in the message. Translaters should be warned to
>> let "y/n",
> This may be suboptimal from the end-user's point of view, but it is
> the least risky of breaking anything.
>
> And it is way better than the status quo.
>
>
I can push a small update for this one.
The "yes" string could be translated in builtin/clean.c

Are there other places where a translated part asks explicitly for a yes/no reply? It is not clear from the content of the po file.

BR
Jean-Noël
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Message 3 of 9 in “Internationalization and yes/no prompts”
  1. Pierre-Olivier VaresFeb 23, 2015
  2. Junio C HamanoFeb 24, 2015
  3. Jean-Noël AvilaFeb 25, 2015
  4. Add hint for translators for y/n reply.Jean-Noel Avila, Feb 28, 2015
  5. Jiang XinMar 1, 2015
  6. Jiang XinMar 1, 2015
  7. Junio C HamanoMar 1, 2015
  8. [PATCHv2] Add hint interactive cleaningJean-Noel Avila, Mar 1, 2015
  9. Junio C HamanoMar 2, 2015

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