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bug#34498: Confusing msgid " Running value is ~s.~%"
From: |
Ludovic Courtès |
Subject: |
bug#34498: Confusing msgid " Running value is ~s.~%" |
Date: |
Thu, 18 Apr 2019 18:37:34 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.2 (gnu/linux) |
"pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <address@hidden> skribis:
> On Thu, Apr 18, 2019 at 12:34:03PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>> "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <address@hidden> skribis:
>>
>> > I am fairly sure
>> >
>> > #: modules/shepherd/scripts/herd.scm:86
>> > #, scheme-format
>> > msgid " Running value is ~s.~%"
>> >
>> > refers to the value of the #:running slot but translators don’t know
>> > that and would translate it as a value that is running. This should
>> > be changed and a comment for TRANSLATORS should be added.
>>
>> Done in Shepherd commit 5d418ff0de1ac0a5419344dfe70c08ed464f3797.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ludo’.
>
> No, it is not done. What the manual described as the @code{running}
> value, i.e. the value of the #:running slot, was understood by at
> least one translator not as the value of #:running but as a value
> which runs.
Yes, that’s what I understood from your message.
>> #. TRANSLATORS: The "~s" bit is most of the time a placeholder
>> #. for the PID (an integer) of the running process, and
>> #. occasionally for another Scheme object.
>
> This is not the information that translators need.
Can you suggest a better comment?
Thanks,
Ludo’.