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List:       kde-i18n-doc
Subject:    Re: Question about trunk/l10n-kde4/README and KBabel/Gettext use
From:       Nicolas Goutte <nicolasg () snafu ! de>
Date:       2007-03-31 11:20:37
Message-ID: 200703311320.39391.nicolasg () snafu ! de
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On Saturday 31 March 2007, Nicolas Goutte wrote:
> On Saturday 31 March 2007, Thomas Reitelbach wrote:
> > On Freitag, 30. März 2007, Nicolas Goutte wrote:
> > > I have a question about the text of the file trunk/ l10n-kde4/README.
> > > (Sorry if it has been discussed before and I would have missed any
> > > discussion.)
> > >
> > > In the text, it is written that Gettext 0.15 is needed for using
> > > KBabel.
> > >
> > > While of course this is true to get the full potential, there is
> > > something in the text that "disturbs" me. It reads "To avoid several
> > > annoying error messages" one should use Gettext 0.15.
> > >
> > > This tells me that forcing translators to use Gettext 0.15 does not
> > > seem to have been discussed and decided but only done so because KBabel
> > > would be supposed not to do better.
> > >
> > > However in this case, i am wondering why I had introduced the
> > > possibility to disable checking to exactly avoid those "annoying error
> > > messages".
> > >
> > > So in short my question is: Was this a decision? Was this phrasing due
> > > to unknown features? Or does KBabel not work despite unchecking the
> > > right options?
> > >
> > > I am just asking because software updates were always critical in the
> > > past (an extreme example being the CVS to SVN transition), so I suppose
> > > that some translators would very much prefer *not* to update their
> > > Gettext.
> >
> > Hello Nicolas,
>
> [...]
>
> > I was not aware of a possibility to disable special checks at the time
> > when i wrote this text. Of course we should give an alternative to
> > installing gettext 0.15 if it exists. Can you give me a short hint, which
> > tests should be disabled? I'll then update the README accordingly.
>
> It is in the project options. I can remember that for the editor it is in
> the save options

This one is called "Check syntax of file when saving" and is even documented 
in KBabel's doc:
http://docs.kde.org/stable/en/kdesdk/kbabel/preferences-project-settings.html#preferences-project-save

> , as for the catalog manager, if I remember well it it is 
> in the main catalog manager options. But I am going to look closer at it.

And this one seems not to be documented.

>
> [...]
>
> Have a nice day!

Have a nice day!


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