On Thu, Jul 08, 2004 at 02:47:10PM -0700, Martin Quinson wrote: > Package: gettext > Version: 0.14.1-2 > Severity: normal > > Hi there, > > When asked to extract the following line: > INVALID_BASENAME=$(gettext 'Invalid basename: %s.\n') > > xgettext produce the following entry in the pot: > #: util/orphaner.sh:47 > #, sh-format > msgid "Invalid basename: %s.\\n" > msgstr "" > > It looks like there is a \ too much. This is at least disorienting for > translators. Why should it be treated different from the C equivalent?
Hi Martin, In C, '\n' is the ASCII character 0x0a, whereas it is interpreted as 0x5c 0x6e by shells. Some applications may interpret C escapes, but one should not rely on it. Gettext documentation tells that newlines should be added with an extra echo without argument, e.g. gettext 'Hello, world.' echo Denis
