Tomas posted this to gnome-i18n, so I've forwarded it to the Translation Project mailing list, where I know there is a lot of expertise regarding gettext. :)
On 16/06/2006, at 3:47 PM, Tomas Kuliavas wrote: > Hi, > > Is there some documentation that explains why functions can't be used > inside gettext() and ngettext() calls? > > For example N_(some_function()) or > http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=345027 > > I know that function string can't be extracted with xgettext, but > can't > find anything related about it in > http://developer.gnome.org/doc/guides/programming-guidelines/l10n.html > > Gettext manual has chapter about special strings > (http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/ > gettext_19.html#SEC19), > but I think chapter text is too complex to understand for people > that are > only starting to learn gettext. > > P.S. In programming guidelines second code snippet should use ngettext > instead of (num_monkeys > 1) test. > > -- > Tomas > _______________________________________________ > gnome-i18n mailing list > gnome-i18n@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-i18n > from Clytie (vi-VN, Vietnamese free-software translation team / nhóm Việt hóa phần mềm tự do) http://groups-beta.google.com/group/vi-VN _______________________________________________ gnome-i18n mailing list gnome-i18n@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-i18n
