Luk Claes <luk@debian.org> writes:
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: Please translate schroot
> Resent-Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 15:38:33 -0500 (CDT)
> Resent-From: debian-i18n@lists.debian.org
> Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 22:30:39 +0200
> From: Denis Barbier <barbier@linuxfr.org>
> To: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
> CC: Debian i18n <debian-i18n@lists.debian.org>
> References: <[🔎] 44BCE68D.9020201@debian.org>
>
> On Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 03:47:57PM +0200, Luk Claes wrote:
> [...]
>> #: dchroot/dchroot-chroot-config.cc:125
>> #, boost-format
>> msgid "%1% chroot (dchroot compatibility)"
>> msgstr ""
>>
>> #: dchroot/dchroot-main-base.cc:60 schroot/schroot-main.cc:53
>> #, boost-format
>> msgid "schroot configuration generated by %1% %2% on %3%"
>> msgstr ""
>
> could you please add comments to explain what these %N% constructs
> are for?
> Adding the requested comments is a matter of adding the comments in the
> source code one line above the translatable string...
%n% is a C++ boost::format format string. This is indicated by the
"boost-format" line added by xgettext to the potfile (note "--boost"
in XGETTEXT_OPTIONS in po/Makevars). This is the same as a C printf
format string specifier, but is type-safe and indicates only the
position of the numbered argument.
It would be used like this:
std::cout
<< boost::format(_("Format string: %1% and %2%")) % arg1 % arg2
<< std::endl
In a translation, the %n% should be preserved verbatim, just like for
a %x C printf format string specifier.
This is a new feature of xgettext in gettext 0.15 (not yet released).
Regards,
Roger
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