If the right extract magic is called in your Makefile.am, it extracts everything between i18n's parentheses. (It is needed to be done that way.) But do not worry. KBabel, the translator's program, can automatically translate what it already does know. So, yes, it is important to use the common strings (be careful at upper/lower case) but the strings are re-translated if you use them directly in your code. Have a nice day! On Sunday 19 October 2003 05:00, Max Howell wrote: > Hi, > > I'm stabalising all the strings in my app so it is ready for translation > and want to make the amount of work for translators as little as possible. > I have some strings in my app that are identical to Konqueror strings, as > well as being the same context (I've cloned the location bar). > > Should I insertCatalogue( "konqueror" ), and if I do so will this prevent > these strings from being extracted for translation? > > Also do strings like i18n( "back" ) get substituted automatically (since > this string must have been translated somewhere!), or do all strings get > extracted for translation? I ask because I've gone to some pains to use > KStdActions when I don't really want to; I've done this to save translators > some work. > > Many thanks, > > Max >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<