Re: [bug-mailutils] NLS status

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

> > Please wait a bit till I solve the '\v' problem. I guess I'll be
> > able to commit the changes tomorrow.
> 
> Maybe we should ask if it's a problem in gettext, and if it is, wait for
> gettext 0.11.6.

Well, it's not exactly a problem. Gettext analyzes strings in the
same way gcc does, i.e. upon encountering an escaped symbol, it
translates it into a corresponding ASCII character. It can't be
blamed for it. The ^K in .pot file is actually a single character
(ASCII 013). So, we have two possible solutions:

1) Leave things as they are and urge translators to retain ^K in their
translation *as a single character*.

2) Split the strings containing \v in the following manner:

N_("GNU dotlock -- lock mail spool files")
  "\v"
N_("Returns 0 on success, 3 if the locking the file fails because"
   " it's already locked, and 1 if some other kind of error
   occurred.");

Thus, the compiler will glue the three strings together, yet 
gettext will see two separate strings there.

Which one would you prefer? I'd vote for the latter.

Regards,
Sergey