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patch 8.0.0830: translating messages is not ideal commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/aaef1bae3cc331e7a7bb9c698e707c90cd4ded15 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Tue Aug 1 17:40:23 2017 +0200 patch 8.0.0830: translating messages is not ideal Problem: Translating messages is not ideal. Solution: Add a remark about obsolete messages. Use msgfmt in the check script. (Christian Brabandt)
author Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
date Tue, 01 Aug 2017 17:45:04 +0200
parents 49c12c93abf3
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82 There is one special message: 82 There is one special message:
83 msgid "Messages maintainer: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>" 83 msgid "Messages maintainer: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>"
84 You should include your name and E-mail address instead, for example: 84 You should include your name and E-mail address instead, for example:
85 msgstr "Berichten übersetzt bei: John Doe <john@doe.org>" 85 msgstr "Berichten übersetzt bei: John Doe <john@doe.org>"
86 86
87 (3) Clean up 87 (3) Remove unused messages (optional)
88 Remove messages that have been marked as obsolete.
89 Such messages start with "#~".
90
91 The cleanup script will also do that (see next step).
92
93 (4) Clean up
88 This is very important to make sure the translation works on all systems. 94 This is very important to make sure the translation works on all systems.
89 Comment-out all non-translated strings. There are two types: 95 Comment-out all non-translated strings. There are two types:
90 - items marked with "#, fuzzy" 96 - items marked with "#, fuzzy"
91 - items with an empty msgstr 97 - items with an empty msgstr
92 You can do this with the cleanup.vim script: 98 You can do this with the cleanup.vim script: