>>>>> "Angus" == Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Angus> On Tuesday 02 April 2002 4:56 pm, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
Claus> The help texts in the bottom of the preferences dialog also
Claus> appear in English even though they were translated in the
Claus> po-file.
>>  Angus, could you have a look? It is a design decision to know at
>> what time translation should take place. I would say in
>> FormPreference::getFeedback.

Angus> I think that I've finally twigged how N_() and _() are meant to
Angus> be used. Anyway, the translations in the xforms stuff now all
Angus> appear to work.

Did you translate the units popups? How does this works when you type
unit explicitely, as in 10in vs 10pouces? I think we should think
twice before translating units.

Angus> I suspect that these won't however. (Unless _() is called in
Angus> setStatusMessage, if I understand things correctly.) Anyway,
Angus> _() could be called directly here, since these messages are
Angus> generated within a function rather than as static strings.

Angus> Perhaps someone knowledgeable would check it out?

I think it has to do with returning the message untranslated for the
benefit of lyxserver, but I may be wrong. I'm not sure what the policy
is, since it is not stated anywhere.

JMarc

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