On Wed, 29 Jan 2003 23:43:38 +0100 KEvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: K> i used the web interface to get the latest fr.po from CVS (from the link K> in the table on the translation page), i edited it with poedit
No, there is already a problem: you should first merge the messages.po file (which you also got) with fr.po to add any new translations to it. This is done by running "msgmerge fr.po messages.po > fr.new.po" and then renaming "fr.new.po" to "fr.po". K> and K> translated a few strings, now i want to submit it. Can i use the K> sourceforge web interface for patches (as mentionned on the translator's K> page) ? You can either use this or simply send the translations to me directly. K> Do i need (would it be better) to use a cvs client ? The only purpose of the cvs client would be to update to the latest sources (and so to the latest translations), you wouldn't be able to write to the cvs. K> sorry if my questions are naive but i start slowly so that i dont mess K> things up. I'll try to put an explanation of all this on the web page too. When I have time... K> Another question about the strings : some have %s or %d in them, i K> supposed these are printf-like strings so the %s MUST appear in the K> translation AND in the same order, Yes, this is correct. We don't use %1, %2, ... format specifiers unfortunately... K> exemple, the original string is : K> "the line %d in the file %s has a problem" K> can be translated : K> "la ligne %d du fichier %s a un probleme" K> but not : K> "le fichier %s a un probleme a la ligne %d" K> because of the inversion of the %s and %d K> Am i right ? Yes, absolutely. I know that this makes for the ugly translations sometimes but there is not much we can do about this right now unfortunately. Thanks, VZ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _______________________________________________ Mahogany-Developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mahogany-developers
