Re: unfamiliar notation

2007-09-10 Thread Oleg Verych
* Sun, 09 Sep 2007 21:09:01 -0400 * Organization: Georgas Software Solutions > > I just came across a notation that I haven't seen before. It's in > scripts/mconf.c: > > str_append(&help, _(menu_get_help(menu))); > > What's the deal with the underscore and the parentheses surrounding the > ca

Re: unfamiliar notation

2007-09-09 Thread Sam Ravnborg
On Mon, Sep 10, 2007 at 03:20:15AM +0200, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > > What's the deal with the underscore and the parentheses surrounding the > > call to menu_get_help? > > it is a macro from gettext, used to translate the string. Usually this > should on

Re: unfamiliar notation

2007-09-09 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > What's the deal with the underscore and the parentheses surrounding the > call to menu_get_help? it is a macro from gettext, used to translate the string. Usually this should only be used on string constants. Gruss Bernd - To unsubscribe from this list: