bug#65424: Guix doesn't use positional arguments in translated formatted messages

[Maxime Devos]

Proposed new documentation:

* 22.5.5 Translatable messages



   (format #t (G_ "The package '~a' is newer than '~a'.~%")
              '("foo" "bar")),

you should write

   (format #t (G_ "The package '~1@*~a' is newer than '~2@*~a'.~%")
              '("foo" "bar"))

When constructing translatable messages with 'format' (<reference to guile manual>), it is important to use positional arguments.  For example, instead of writing

Off-by-one error here

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