On 22 February 2013 10:10, Jürgen Schmidt <jogischm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2/22/13 9:45 AM, janI wrote: > > On 22 February 2013 09:30, Andre Fischer <awf....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> On 22.02.2013 08:29, janI wrote: > >> > >>> Hi. > >>> > >>> the .src sources relatively often contain a text line: > >>> > >>> text [x-comment] = "..." > >>> > >>> most times the ... is empty, but it also contains english text, and in > one > >>> case a multibyte charecter text. > >>> > >> > >> Hi Jan, > >> > >> I do not know the answer but would like to make a guess: > >> the x-comment "language" is used to annotate the actual string with a > >> message from developer to translator. > >> > >> My guess is based on some very hazy memory and by looking at files like > >> officecfg/registry/data/org/**openoffice/Office/Embedding.**xcu > >> > >> Lines 27 to 31 for example look like this: > >> > >> <node oor:*name=*"Verbs"> > >> <node oor:*name=*"PRIMARY" oor:*op=*"replace"> > >> <prop oor:*name=*"VerbUIName"> > >> <value>Primary</value> > >> <value xml:*lang=*"x-comment">Is not shown in UI. No > translation > >> is required.</value> > >> </prop> > >> > >> > >> If I am right then today you would write this like this: > >> > >> <node oor:*name=*"Verbs"> > >> <node oor:*name=*"PRIMARY" oor:*op=*"replace"> > >> <prop oor:*name=*"VerbUIName" oor:localized="false"> > >> <value>Primary</value> > >> </prop> > >> > >> Note the additional > >> oor:localized="false" > >> in the <prop> tag. > >> > > the trigger today is the missing "xml:*lang=" only tags with that are > > extracted. > > > > the x-comment are not extracted to the sdf files, so the translators > never > > gets the information. > > > > > >> But again, this is only a guess, not a fact. > >> > > Thx for your guess, it works well with my guess (meaning I could remove > > x-comment). > > > > I hope someone has some cool facts. > > no cool facts but Andre's guess sounds reasonable and it is possible > that it was an idea to provide some context information to translators > but that the process was never finalized. > > Juergen > Both you and andre are in sync with what I think. If nobody objects within the next 72 hours using lazy consensus, I will remove x-comment, and the new tool (just as the current tool) will not use the messages. rgds Jan I. > > > > > rgds > > Jan I. > > > >> > >> -Andre > >> > >> > >> > >>> We have no language "x-comment", and it is currently not extracted, > >>> however > >>> there are a couple of places in the code noting it is automatically > >>> loaded. > >>> > >>> So my questions are: > >>> 1) Is this leftovers from and older version, and no longer used ? > >>> 2) if not, how is it used ? > >>> 3) if not, should it be translated (if it can appear in the ui it > should > >>> be > >>> translated) ? > >>> > >>> thanks in advance for your help > >>> Jan I. > >>> > >>> > >> > > > >