Hi On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 5:54 PM, dooteo <doo...@zundan.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > There is a comment into gnome-packagekit which makes me doubt about my > faith in gettext. > > Here is the comment: > > #. TRANSLATOR: "%i %s %i %s" are "%i minutes %i seconds" > #. * Swap order with "%2$s %2$i %1$s %1$i if needed > #. TRANSLATOR: "%i %s %i %s" are "%i hours %i minutes" > #. * Swap order with "%2$s %2$i %1$s %1$i if needed > > but, as far as I know, swap order (if translation needs) should be: > > %4$s %3$i %2$s %1$i (which outputs such as 'seconds number minutes > number' message) > > So, placeholders should be unique. Am I wrong? > > Best regards, > > Dooteo
You can validate the substitution codes with "msgfmt -cv filename.po". It should complain if the substitution codes are wrong. If the translator comment is wrong, I guess one should file a bug report with gnome-packagekit. Regards Ask _______________________________________________ gnome-i18n mailing list gnome-i18n@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-i18n
