[kde-doc-english]Re: Trailing points in PO files

[Jonathan Singer]

>From: Thibaut Cousin <cousin at kde.org>


>  During the proof-reading phase of the french team, we discussed an old 
>problem : in many apps, the use of trailing points (for menu entries, etc) is 
>incorrect. Some trailing points are missing, some are useless.
>  It is too late to tackle this issue for 3.0, but it would be great to be 
>aware of it for the next version.
>  What is the official rule for the use of trailing points in an entry ? 
>Every time the action launched by the menu is not immediate (opens a dialog, 
>for example) ?

Exactly -- from the KDE style guide:
>Notice that every item in a menu that opens a modal dialog for further interaction with the user must 
>be labelled with a trailing ellipsis (...) (e.g. Save As..., Open...). There's no space between the 
>menu item and the "...". 

http://developer.kde.org/documentation/standards/kde/style/menus/index.html

Of course, this is something that's difficult to pick up in po files, but we definitely should fix them when we find them.