Re: When SGML formatting fixes hit translators
On Sun, 2002-03-03 at 13:50, Claus Hindsgaul wrote:
> Please think of us for a moment before submitting such patches (and
> reformatting large paragraphs after deleting a word). I am sure that
> robster had all the best intentions and were not at all aware of this
> side effect when submitting the patch. Of course the SGML source should
> not be allowed to grow completely ugly and unreadable. Any suggestions
> on how to handle this problem (e.g. making doc-check more intelligent)
> are of course very welcome,
Well, I'm not sure it makes sense for translators to follow re-filling
of text, since word lengths are not consistent. Why not just use
'diff -b'? Or is there something I'm missing?
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