Re: [Nano-devel] three gettext noops

[David Lawrence Ramsey]

Benno Schulenberg wrote:
> While checking the Dutch translation, yesterday I finally noticed that
> the "[Backup]" and "[... Format]" strings do not actually get
> translated.  Attached patch fixes this.  As these strings are not
> defined in arrays but in code paths, there is no need for the gettext
> noops (plus the later getting of the translated string).
>
> If you don't want to make too many changes shortly before a release,
> the second patch makes the minimally required changes.

Good catch.  I've applied the first of these to CVS.  It's a needed fix,
and since the strings were marked with gettext no-ops anyway,
translating them properly won't add to the .po files.

> (I've tried putting "_()" around formatstr and backupstr instead, but
> that results in the po-file header being spewed.  Apparently not all
> is well with gettext.)

That's a known behavior.  Translating "" is not always guaranteed to get
you "".