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Subject: Re: Hebrew plural forms
From: Luigi Toscano <luigi.toscano () tiscali ! it>
Date: 2023-10-18 20:24:09
Message-ID: 2ba216ac-fa65-0c2c-0595-e9a97168f925 () tiscali ! it
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Yaron Shahrabani ha scritto:
> I bet there is :)
> The new plural form will require some string modifications in addition to the
> header.
>
> The current formula is as follows:
> [1 - 1] %d house
> [2 - !1] %d houses
>
> The new formula is a bit more complex:
> [1 - 1] %d house
> [2 - 2] %d/two houses
> [3 - X%10 == 0 when X is larger than 10] %d house
> [4 - !1/!2] %d houses (matches the second form in the current formula)
>
> So one option would be just breaking all the plural strings, the second would
> be copying the 2nd form to the 3rd and 4th (won't break the string but I'll
> need to fix it manually).
> I can try and think of a way to handle this completely automatically but I
> don't think it's worth the trouble.
>
> So merely changing the form is not enough.
I think it was not mentioned, but would it make sense to change the definition
on the trunk_kf6 branch only, in order to avoid breakages with the Qt5/KF5
applications?
Ciao
--
Luigi
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