On 24.01.2013 10:40, Philip Martin wrote: > Branko Čibej <br...@wandisco.com> writes: > >> On 24.01.2013 00:42, Andreas Stieger wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I found the following output of "svn mergeinfo" troublesome to localize. >>> >>> youngest last repos. >>> common full tip of path of >>> ancestor merge branch branch >>> >>> 2 6 >>> | | >>> --| |------------ branches/branch1 >>> / / >>> / / >>> -------| |------------ trunk >>> | | >>> 5 6 >>> >>> Would something like this not be better? >>> >>> youngest common ancestor >>> | last full merge >>> | | tip of branch >>> | | | repository path >>> >>> 2 6 >>> | | >>> --| |------------ branches/branch1 >>> / / >>> / / >>> -------| |------------ trunk >>> | | >>> 5 6 >> I agree your suggested layout is easier to translate. However ... >> >>> A patch to this effect is attached for consideration. >>> >>> [[[ >>> make mergeinfo diagram column headings l10n friendly >>> >>> * subversion/svn/mergeinfo-cmd.c >>> (mergeinfo_diagram): use one line per column heading and >>> vertical lines, leaving room for l10n >>> ]]] >> The patch itself still makes translators deal with the position of the >> vertical bars. If we're going to change the layout, we may as well make >> it even easier for translators so that they don't have to worry about >> positioning, just translating the headings. > In the past we were considering rotating 90 degrees: > > | > |-2 youngest common ancestor > |\ > | \ > | | > - - > - - > | | > | | > 5-|\ | > | \| > | | > | | > trunk 6-| |-6 branches/branch1
FWIW, I prefer the current layout to this rotated one. -- Brane -- Branko Čibej Director of Subversion | WANdisco | www.wandisco.com
