Re: intltool improvement?

[Abel Cheung <deaddog deaddog org>]

On 2003-08-15(Fri) 07:55:54 +0100, Telsa Gwynne wrote:
> > > >    (If anyone has a quick macro or script for "find msgids with
> > > >    _ marks which have no _ marks in the corresponding msgstr" as
> > > >    someone recently asked, please speak up!)
> > > 
> > > For this job you can use msgfmt:
> > > 
> > >       --check-accelerators[=CHAR]  check presence of keyboard accelerators for
> > >                                 menu items
> > 
> > Perhaps we should put an "--check-accelerators=_" into intltool-update
> > somehow? Or add an option for it?
> 
> Just one thing. Am I missing something, or will it complain about 
> the msgstr for msgid "translator_credits" too? At least, it seems
> to be doing for me (although it is catching a pile of other things
> too, happily).

Looks like if a really correct of --check-accelerators is to be
implemented, then we have to look into source code, and check whether a
particular strings is used as mnemonic strings or not. That is a bit
hard to implement.... is it? Karl? Bruno? Anybody else who knows the
answer?

Abel


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