Re: Supressing a %d parameter in a string

["D. Dale Gulledge" <dsplat rochester rr com>]

When you are using the numbered version of the formatting parameters, 
you should just be able to leave out the ones that you don't want.  Does 
that parameter ever have any other value besides 1 for that message?

Raphael Higino wrote:
> Hi folks.
>
> How can I supress a %d parameter I don't want to use in the
> translated string? I've tryed %0$d but msgfmt outputs the
> following:
>
> -----
> nautilus.HEAD.pt_BR.po:3061: 'msgstr[0]' is not a valid C
> format string, unlike 'msgid'. Reason: In the directive
> number 1, the argument number 0 is not a positive integer.
> -----
>
> The reason I don't want to use that %d is that a message
> like "Are you sure you want to permanently delete the 1
> selected file?" doesn't sound natural speak in Portuguese.
>
> Can anyone help me?
>
> Raphael Higino
> raphaelh uai com br
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