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Re: [PATCH 2/5] gettext docs: add "Marking strings for translation" section in po/README

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Sep 10, 2010, 22:26 UTC
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Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason  <avarab@gmail.com> writes:
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> + - Don't mark everything for translation, only strings which will be
> +   read by humans (the porcelain interface) should be translated.
> +
> +   The output from Git's plumbing utilities will primarily be read by
> +   programs and would break scripts under non-C locales. These strings
> +   should not be translated.

Hmm, I had to re-read the above twice and then mentally annotate "would break ... _if translated_" to make sense of the advice. Perhaps other people are much less dense than me?

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Message 35 of 47 in “[CONTINUE] Add gettext support to Git”
  1. 00/20 [CONTINUE] Add gettext support to GitÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 7, 2010
  2. 01/20 gettextize: git-clean clean.requireForce bracesÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 7, 2010
  3. 02/20 gettextize: git-clone "Cloning into" message bracesÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 7, 2010
  4. 04/20 Makefile: add GNU_GETTEXT, set when we expect GNU gettextÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 7, 2010
  5. 05/20 Makefile: MSGFMT="msgfmt --check" under GNU_GETTEXTÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 7, 2010
  6. 06/20 Revert "gettextize: git-revert mark the "me" variable for translation"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 7, 2010
  7. 07/20 gettextize: git-revert "Your local changes" messageÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 7, 2010
  8. 08/20 gettextize: git-revert literal "me" messagesÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 7, 2010
  9. 09/20 gettext: add GETTEXT_POISON support for shell scriptsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 7, 2010
  10. 10/20 gettext: add GETTEXT_POISON tests for shell scriptsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 7, 2010
  11. 11/20 gettextize: git-am add git-sh-i18nÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 7, 2010
  12. 12/20 gettextize: git-am one-line gettext $msg; echoÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 7, 2010
  13. 13/20 gettextize: git-am multi-line getttext $msg; echoÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 7, 2010
  14. 14/20 gettextize: git-am eval_gettext messagesÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 7, 2010
  15. 15/20 gettextize: git-am die messagesÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 7, 2010
  16. 16/20 gettextize: git-am cannot_fallback messagesÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 7, 2010
  17. 17/20 gettextize: git-am clean_abort messagesÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 7, 2010
  18. 18/20 gettextize: git-am "Apply?" messageÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 7, 2010
  19. 19/20 gettextize: git-am core say messagesÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 7, 2010
  20. 20/20 gettextize: git-am printf(1) message to eval_gettextÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 7, 2010
  21. Jonathan NiederSep 7, 2010
  22. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonSep 7, 2010
  23. Jonathan NiederSep 7, 2010
  24. 20/20 gettextize: git-am printf(1) message to eval_gettextÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 7, 2010
  25. 19/20 gettextize: git-am core say messagesÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 7, 2010
  26. Junio C HamanoSep 8, 2010
  27. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonSep 8, 2010
  28. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonSep 10, 2010
  29. Junio C HamanoSep 10, 2010
  30. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonSep 10, 2010
  31. 0/5 gettext docs: programmer docs in po/READMEÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 10, 2010
  32. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonSep 10, 2010
  33. 1/5 gettext docs: add a "Testing your changes" section to po/READMEÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 10, 2010
  34. 2/5 gettext docs: add "Marking strings for translation" section in po/READMEÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 10, 2010
  35. Junio C HamanoSep 10, 2010
  36. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonSep 10, 2010
  37. 3/5 gettext docs: the gettext.h C interfaceÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 10, 2010
  38. Junio C HamanoSep 10, 2010
  39. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonSep 10, 2010
  40. Junio C HamanoSep 10, 2010
  41. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonSep 10, 2010
  42. Junio C HamanoSep 10, 2010
  43. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonSep 10, 2010
  44. 4/5 gettext docs: the git-sh-i18n.sh Shell interfaceÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 10, 2010
  45. Junio C HamanoSep 10, 2010
  46. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonSep 10, 2010
  47. 5/5 gettext docs: the Git::I18N Perl interfaceÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 10, 2010

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