[Synaptic-devel] pot file review

[Jean-Michel POURE]

Dear Michael,

I had another quick view at the .pot file. Please find hereafter my remarks 
(JMP). When/if fixed, I will translate into French, which will help us 
identify potential problems. Translating is like "debugging" a .pot file...

Cheers,
Jean-Michel

#: common/rconfiguration.cc:115
#, c-format
msgid "could not create configuration directory %s"

#: common/rconfiguration.cc:170 common/rconfiguration.cc:195
#, c-format
msgid "couldn't open %s for writing"
msgstr ""
JMP: capital letter

JMP: capital letter? I hope you do not display "Error: could not open 
configuration directory %s.", which would break RTL languages.

It is easier for a translator to understand that the message is an error. So I 
would prefer "Error: could not create configuration directory %s", quite 
simple and very effective.

#: common/rpackage.cc:685
msgid "package is not installable"
msgstr ""

#: common/rpackage.cc:687
msgid "package is a virtual package"
msgstr ""

#: common/rpackage.cc:689
msgid "package is/will not be installed"
msgstr ""

#: common/rpackage.cc:692
msgid "dependency is satisfied"
msgstr ""

JMP: is there a need for %s, like "%s package is not installable."?

#: gtk/rgfetchprogress.cc:143 wings/rwfetchprogress.cc:139
msgid "Please insert the disk labeled:\n"
msgstr ""

#: gtk/rgfetchprogress.cc:143 wings/rwfetchprogress.cc:139
msgid ""
"\n"
"in drive "
msgstr ""

JMP: use %s or it will break RTL languages.
"Please insert the disk labeled %s in drive."

#: gtk/rgfiltereditor.cc:50 wings/rwfiltereditor.cc:415
msgid "are Named"
msgstr ""
JMP: I did not read the code here, but it seems like an unfinished sentence.

#. sizeof(options)/sizeof(char*));
#: gtk/rgfiltereditor.cc:543 wings/rwfiltereditor.cc:463
msgid "Packages that"
msgstr ""
JMP: I don't know what to think about this sentence. Do you build a sentence 
out of it? I would brefer: "Packages which need to be upgraded", "Packages 
which need to be removed", etc... There is no way out in some languages.

#: gtk/rgmainwindow.cc:1251 gtk/rgmainwindow.cc:1259
#: wings/rwmainwindow.cc:1207 wings/rwmainwindow.cc:1216
msgid "    Version"
msgstr ""

#: gtk/rgmainwindow.cc:1253 gtk/rgmainwindow.cc:1262
#: wings/rwmainwindow.cc:1209 wings/rwmainwindow.cc:1219
msgid "    Size"
msgstr ""

#: gtk/rgmainwindow.cc:1266 wings/rwmainwindow.cc:1223
msgid "    Package Size"
msgstr ""

#: gtk/rgmainwindow.cc:1296 wings/rwmainwindow.cc:1253
msgid "    Importance"
msgstr ""

#: gtk/rgmainwindow.cc:1298 wings/rwmainwindow.cc:1255
msgid "    Date"
msgstr ""

JMP: From the main windows. OK. All these strings will break RTL languages. 
You should use variable placehorders and find a way to remove spaces.

#: gtk/rgsummarywindow.cc:204 wings/rwsummarywindow.cc:118
msgid ": (ESSENTIAL) will be Removed\n"
msgstr ""

#: gtk/rgsummarywindow.cc:209 wings/rwsummarywindow.cc:124
msgid ": will be Removed\n"
msgstr ""

#: gtk/rgsummarywindow.cc:215 wings/rwsummarywindow.cc:131
msgid ": will be Upgraded to "
msgstr ""

#: gtk/rgsummarywindow.cc:220 wings/rwsummarywindow.cc:137
msgid ": will be Installed\n"
msgstr ""

JMP: use variable placeholders.

#: wings/synaptic.cc:71
msgid ":could not open display"
msgstr ""

JMP: what is displayed before? Try to use variable placehorders.