Problem with i18n("")

Henning Folger Henning.Folger at unix-ag.org
Thu Oct 7 20:13:54 BST 1999



On Thu, 7 Oct 1999, Jacek Wojdel wrote:

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> On Thu, 07 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > i designed a dialog using the KDevelop dialog editor. There a some entry
> > fields, which are empty. KDevelops code generation inits this fields with
> > i18("").
> 	Hi !
> I think the problem is that empty string in translation files (msgid="") is
> used to pass the comments about the translation file (such as project name,
> translators etc.) That means, that if you want to use an empty string, you
> shouldn't translate it and so use plain "" instead of i18n(""). After all
> translation of "" to any language is "" isn't it ?
> Reagrds,
> 	Jacek

Hi,

i tried so and it works fine. The problem is, that these files automaitc
generadted by the dialog editor, so after changing something at the
dialogs, the i18n("") statements are here again.

Henning





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