On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 01:51:31PM -0400, Dom Lachowicz wrote:
> On Wed, 2002-07-31 at 14:47, Rui Miguel Seabra wrote:
> > gettext can't really handle two strings that are equal in english, but
> > may be written in different ways in another language according to
> > context.
> Actually, it can be made to handle this through an extension that is
> actually beneficial for translators. Nautilus does this, and I plan on
> having the next version of Abi handle it too.
> "Free[as is beer]"
> "Free[as in speech]"

Ah, nice, I didn't know this. Of course, the obvious question follows... 
What if [...] is part of the string and not something to cut out?

Hugs, rms

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