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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Word-wrap in message boxes.
From:       Malcolm Hunter <malcolm.hunter () gmx ! co ! uk>
Date:       2002-01-14 22:23:07
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On Monday 14 Jan 2002 21:33, Waldo Bastian wrote:
> As of today, KMessageBox does not support word-wrap any longer.
>
> In KDE 2.2 KMessageBox didn't do word-wrap either, but some applications
> may have removed linefeeds from their messagebox texts already. They need
> to be re-added.
>
> What's new for KDE 3.0 is that lines longer than 80 characters will be
> "squeezed". That means that a line like
> 	"This is a line longer than 80 chars."
> will become something like
> 	"This is a line lo...an 80 chars."
> (This example isn't really 80 chars wide of course)
>
> Application developers and translators should be aware of two things:
> * The text for a messagebox should not exceed 80 characters per line and
> should contain linebreaks where necassery.
> * Variable data (e.g. %1) that can be of arbitrary length (e.g. a filename)
> should be placed either on a single line or on a line which contains a
> short prefix only.

How will we know that the text is for a KMessageBox and not a tooltip, for 
example?

Regards,
Malcolm
-- 
KDE Proof Reading Team
KDE GB English Translation Team
 
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