Hello, in all the applications I write with Qt I'm using the tr() function. The advantage is, that it is much shorter to write (and therefore IMHO to read) and that QtLinguist is automatically showing the right context. QtLinguist organizes the strings that are translatable by context - typically the class names. When using tr() this is set automatically, when using qApp->translate() you have to (but also: can) set the context yourself. Another consideration is that tr() is only available in classes derived from QObject - but since normally the strings you want to translate are generated in Gui-classes this is normally the case.
To sum up: Personally I prefer tr(), but it doesn't really matter what you use. Roland > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:community- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Fabio Locati > Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 6:41 AM > To: List for Openmoko community discussion > Subject: Re: [QtEI] Translation suggestion > > On the doc.trolltech.com, there isn't written that QApp->translate is > better than tr, if I read correctly. > > http://doc.trolltech.com/4.5/qobject.html#tr > http://doc.trolltech.com/4.5/qcoreapplication.html#translate > > Then is better leaving the tr() or switching to QApp->translate()? > > On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 11:33 PM, Franky Van Liedekerke > <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:14:05 +0200 > > Fabio Locati <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> I have looked around and it seems that QtEI should be translated > with > >> Qt Linguistic. Is this the best tool? > >> > > > > I don't know the tool, but I do believe there's much work to be done > > here: many classes still use "<tr>" while I believe every class > should > > use "qApp->translate" for translations. > > Thoughts, suggestions? > > > > Franky > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Openmoko community mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > > > > > -- > Fabio A Locati > > Home: Segrate, Milan, Italy (GMT +1) > Phone: +39-328-3799681 > MSN/Jabber/E-Mail: [email protected] > > PGP Key: 9EF6 3C79 F6DF 76CD 770A 43A1 DCCB 415C 9656 3334 > > Envolved in: KDE, OpenStreetMap, Ubuntu, Wikimedia > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
