On Sat, Apr 04, 2020 at 07:58:23PM +0200, Carsten Schoenert wrote: > Hi, > > I'm not sure if there are any written rules for creating l10n strings > within the source code. But one thing that I see quite often is changing > the escape sequence for variables like %s or %d. > > So for example the string > > Could not load footprint "%s" from library "%s". > > is now changed to > > Could not load footprint '%s' from library '%s'. > > A few months back it was changed to the now again changed style. This > forward and backward makes translation work a bit tedious. > > Both variants seen above are common in current generated .po files, but > most of the variables are inside double quotes. > > Wouldn't it make sense to write up all these strings based on the same > rules?
I do not know but perhaps rules are different in different countries? For example single ' quote mark is never used in Italian so I always convert them into a double " quote. If not then yes you are right. And I suggest to use always double " quote chars. -- Saluton, Marco Ciampa _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
