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"Select bg" in gitk preferencias

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Wincent Colaiuta <win@wincent.com>
Date
Mar 24, 2008, 09:15 UTC
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In reviewing the patch just sent in by Santiago Gala (message-id: <1206316703-15481-1-git-send-email-sgala@apache.org 
 >) I noticed the following little problem in the English version of  
the gitk preferences dialog:
El 24/3/2008, a las 10:00, Wincent Colaiuta escribió:
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>> +#: gitk:8071
>> +msgid "Select bg"
>> +msgstr "Seleccione color de fondo"
>
> That's actually a misleading string in the English version of gitk.  
> It actually means "Selection background", not "Select a background".  
> So the translation should be something like "Color de fondo de  
> selección".

What do you think about changing "Select bg" to "Selection bg" (or even "Selection background") in the English version to avoid this kind of misunderstanding in the future?

Cheers, Wincent

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Message 3 of 14 in “Spanish translation of gitk.”
  1. Spanish translation of gitk.sgala@marlow.memojo.com, Mar 23, 2008
  2. Wincent ColaiutaMar 24, 2008
  3. "Select bg" in gitk preferenciasWincent Colaiuta, Mar 24, 2008
  4. Santiago GalaMar 24, 2008
  5. Wincent ColaiutaMar 24, 2008
  6. Carlos RicaMar 24, 2008
  7. Carlos RicaMar 24, 2008
  8. gitk: Changes in Spanish translation after review by Wincent Colaiutasgala@marlow.memojo.com, Mar 24, 2008
  9. Carlos RicaMar 24, 2008
  10. Carlos RicaMar 24, 2008
  11. Wincent ColaiutaMar 24, 2008
  12. gitk: Spanish translation of gitksgala@hisitech.com, Mar 25, 2008
  13. Carlos RicaMar 25, 2008
  14. Juanma BarranqueroMar 25, 2008

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