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mini patch to ease the work of translators



Index: dselect/pkgtop.cc
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/dpkg/dpkg/dselect/pkgtop.cc,v
retrieving revision 1.12
diff -u -r1.12 pkgtop.cc
--- dselect/pkgtop.cc	2001/07/16 13:40:22	1.12
+++ dselect/pkgtop.cc	2001/08/15 22:21:26
@@ -279,6 +279,7 @@
                  _("Marked for"),
                  status_want_width);
     } else {
+      /* Note to translators: EIOM=E(rror)I(nstalled)O(ld mark)M(arked for) */
       mvwaddstr(colheadspad,0,0, _("EIOM"));
     }
     mvwaddnstr(colheadspad,0,section_column, _("Section"), section_width);


That's all. Adding a comment just before a line to translate is the way to
speak with translators. In my po file, I now see:

#. Note to translators: EIOM=E(rror)I(nstalled)O(ld mark)M(arked for)
#: dselect/pkgtop.cc:283
msgid "EIOM"
msgstr ""

which is easier to understand.

Thanks, Mt.



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