[Translators] Support for msgctxt

[wwp]

Hello H,


On Tue, 13 Nov 2012 08:50:21 -0200 H <hm at hm.net.br> wrote:

> On 13/11/2012 08:40, wwp wrote:
> > Hello H,
> > 
> > 
> > On Tue, 13 Nov 2012 08:37:08 -0200 H <hm at hm.net.br> wrote:
> > 
> >> On 13/11/2012 08:22, Paul wrote:
> >>> On Tue, 13 Nov 2012 10:57:41 +0100
> >>> Andrej Kacian <andrej at kacian.sk> wrote: 
> >>>
> >>>> The files would contain:
> >>>>
> >>>> #: src/account.c:1537
> >>>> msgctxt "Accounts List Get Column Name"
> >>>> msgid "G"
> >>>> msgstr ""
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Programatically, We'd just switch from Q_("context|string") to
> >>>> C_("context", "string"), so the potential impact would be bigger
> >>>> for translators than for developers.
> >>>
> >>> It seems a good idea to me and adds clarity, which is particularly
> >>> useful for new translators.
> >>>
> >>
> >> looking at the big picture ...
> >>
> >> why would you change something without having any reasonable advantage?
> >>
> >> it cause unnecessary work, brings in the risk of failure, adaption time
> >> and who knows what else
> >>
> >> pod in any case is old and slow and time consumptive, still depends on
> >> compiling the files, user-unfriendly
> >>
> >> if it were a change to something modern and user-friendly, sqlite text
> >> libraries which could be added and changed in run-time, such a work
> >> would make sense
> > 
> > For a short while I thought you were goring to suggest a XML format.
> > Sqlite text? Is that supposed to be edited by (human) hand?
> > 
> > 
> 
> Hi
> well, ok typo, sqlite _or_ text files I meant
> something what does not need to be compiled

Now I see what you mean, thanks. Thus my point is irrelevant.


> xml might be an alternative but IMO too much overhead (extra-text)

100% against, here. I saw XML coming at work and elsewhere, not a gain
for human brains like mine (but I understand there are other kinds).
But as I said, my point was based on a misunderstanding of your typo'ed
sentence. Don't bother!


Regards,

-- 
wwp
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