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List:       kde-i18n-doc
Subject:    Re: kplato and Messages.sh
From:       Dag Andersen <danders () get2net ! dk>
Date:       2007-11-19 12:18:00
Message-ID: 200711191318.00984.danders () get2net ! dk
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Lørdag 17 november 2007 21:11 skrev Thomas Reitelbach:
> On Freitag, 16. November 2007, Dag Andersen wrote:
> > Hi, since we got a mail on koffice-devel from Burkhard Lück on other
> > matters, I realized I need some advice on changes I have done in kplato.
> > I reasently needed a second app under kplato (called kplatowork to be
> > used for task tracking etc).
> > To be able to reuse stuff from kplato in kplatowork I split off most of
> > the code into libraries, and (as you would probably expect) I didn't
> > think of how this affects translation.
> > So, atm I have 5 Message.sh files:
> > 1 for kplato, 1 for kplatowork, and 3 for the libs since I also split the
> > libs into 3 (kernel, models and ui).
> > Having multiple message files are probably not a god thing (?), the
> > "same" message could appear in two or more files. I could easily bundle
> > the 3 libs into 1 if this would make things easier for you. I don't see
> > how to avoid separate message files for the apps and lib though.
> > I thought I'll ask before I do any more damage ;)
>
> Hello Dag,
>
> it would be possible to use only 1 Messages.sh file and thus merge all
> messages into one kplato.po file. But as far as i can see this is not
> necessary and does mean much extra work for translators.
>
> Of course having more than 1 Messages.sh means that we probably have to
> translate some same messages more than once. But we aren't talking about
> hundreds of strings, right?
>
> In short: If the current system works good for you, there is no need to
> change it.
Ok, fine, I'll leave it as is then.
Thanks!
>
> cheers
> thomas

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Mvh
Dag Andersen

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