Re: [evolution-patches] [I18N] evolution-data-server: String generalization patch

[Not Zed <notzed ximian com>]

On Mon, 2004-01-05 at 11:47 +0100, Christian Neumair wrote:
> On Mo, 2004-01-05 at 10:56 +1030, Not Zed wrote:
> > please don't submit without some review.  expecting a quick response
> > over christmas/new years is unreasonable!
> > 
> > On Sun, 2004-01-04 at 22:49 +0100, Christian Neumair wrote: 
> > > Since my first two patches were gracefully ignored, I'll commit this one
> > > if it isn't reviewed within three days, because this issue generates a
> > > couple of unneeded strings for translators and is "easy-fix".
> > > currently, e-cal-backend error string patterns are:
> > > _("some-func expects argument 2 to be an integer")
> > > _("another-func expects argument 2 to be an integer")
> > > After applying the patch, they are
> > > _("\"%s\" expects the second argument to be an integer"), "some-func"
> > > _("\"%s\" expects the second argument to be an integer"), "another-func"
> > > Translators will love this, really.
> > btw, why change the syntax of the sentence? 
> Because "... the second argument ..." is a correct sentence. At least in
> German you ought to write out numbers up to twelve.

I meant the quotes actually.

"... expects argument 2 ..." is also a correct sentence.