Re: po files in webwml
On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 10:13:01PM +0900, Tomohiro KUBOTA wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am translating webwml into Japanese. I have one question in
> translating gettext (po) messages in webwml.
>
> Some of msgid's have expressions like "%s". Some of them have
> multiple such variables.
>
> Can I use expressions like "%2$s" and "%1$s" in msgstr's to
> exchange the order of such multiple "%s" variables, which is
> available in normal gettext?
It depends on how it is used. In english/doc/manuals.defs, it
appears inside a printf Perl command, which does not handle this
argument switching, so answer is 'No'. You have to replace %s by
ordinary text (or variables) in manuals.defs.
Denis
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