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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    RE: text strings, translations for 2.1 question
From:       Tinkl_Lukáš <Lukas.Tinkl () merlin ! cz>
Date:       2000-12-19 7:31:27
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Hi John,

> In the process of fixing bugs and adding features (mostly existing
> features which were incomplete or stubbed out) to kiconedit 
> and kpaint,
> I would like to add new text strings for menu items and labels.  This
> may cause hardships for translators if the translations for these
> strings can't be done in time for 2.1.  Therefore, I've decided
> tentatively not to add the new text strings, but that means that some
> gui features won't have labels.  Their use should be self-evident,
> though, in these simple apps.
> 
> Specifically, I've changed the "sidebar" in kpaint to a toolbar and
> discovered that it is easy add custom widgets to a kde toolbar,
> achieving the same functionality as the old sidebar and much 
> more, like
> allowing the user to dock the toolbar anywhere.  None of the items in
> the old sidebar (the preview widget and the two color widgets) had
> labels.  Without labels these items are still usable, but labels
> certainly help.  Add labels or not?  

I think you may without any hesitation add the new strings you require. It's
OK as long as we are not in a message freeze. This should AFAIK happen
_after_ XMAS, so if you want to do it, do it now :)

> Of cource new menu items absolutely require text strings, so perhaps I
> should wait until after 2.1 to add these.  Or, how to notify
> translators?

You better send a CC to kde-i18n-doc.

Regards,
Lukas Tinkl [lukas@kde.org]
Czech KDE team
 
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