Re: New translatable string unclear

[Peter Bloomfield <peterbloomfield bellsouth net>]

On 12/21/2005 07:41:11 AM, Mişu Moldovan wrote:
> În data de Mi, 21 dec 05 la 14:28, Peter Bloomfield a scris:
> > On 12/21/2005 03:43:27 AM, Mişu Moldovan wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
> > > #: ../src/sendmsg-window.c:4500
> > > #, c-format
> > > msgid "Could not load %s header file %s: %s"
> > >
> > > I guess it refers to face/x-face header files and the user would see
> > > something like: "Could not load X-Face header file myface.png:
> > > Permission denied". Can someone confirm or infirm this?
> >
> > Confirmed.  Would putting the strings in quotes make it clearer?
> >
> > msgid "Could not load \"%s\" header file \"%s\": %s"
> >
> > Peter
>
> Quotes would help a bit but I think that the first %s is not really  
> necessary. I would rather replace the problematic string with the  
> following two (related) strings:
>
> msgid "Could not load X-Face header file %s: %s"
> msgid "Could not load Face header file %s: %s"

But X-Face and Face are names of message headers, so should they be  
translated?  If not, how can we mark them as such?

Best,

Peter