[Kstars-devel] Messages with underscore in kstars translation catalog

[Burkhard Lück]

Am Samstag, 29. Mai 2010, um 10:26:09 schrieb Prakash Mohan:
> On 29 May 2010 13:50, Burkhard Lück <lueck at hube-lueck.de> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > the kstars catalog has some messages with a trailing underscore like:
> > 
> > l10n-kde4/templates/messages/kdeedu/kstars.pot:39250:msgid "site_"
> > l10n-kde4/templates/messages/kdeedu/kstars.pot:39254:msgid "session_"
> > l10n-kde4/templates/messages/kdeedu/kstars.pot:39262:msgid "observation_"
> > l10n-kde4/templates/messages/kdeedu/kstars.pot:39279:msgid "observer_"
> > 
> > Do strings need a translation?
> > If yes, needs the translated string the underscore as well?
> > Where and how are they used?
> > 
> > Thanks.
> 
> They are the strings that are used to represent "id"s of each. They'll
> be appended with a number later.

So the underscore make the id's better readable, that makes sense to me.

> We can do either of the below to retain uniformity:
> 1. Remove the _ in the original
> 2. Keep the _ in the translation.
> 
I'd say keep in the original, and I'll use them as well.

Am Samstag, 29. Mai 2010, um 10:34:25 schrieb Prakash Mohan:
> Sorry, I forgot to answer the original question, they're just used for
> identification in rare cases. Its okay if they're not translated.

But a translated string will work properly?

Thanks for your fast response.

-- 
Burkhard Lück