Re: How should we fix the Aisleriot hint strings?

[Callum McKenzie <callum spooky-possum org>]

Vincent Povirk wrote:
> Aisleriot has the following bug:
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=551859
> 
> In aisleriot we have a string "Move %s onto %s.", used for most hints.
> Each %s is the name of a card. Sometimes the second %s is something
> like "an empty foundation slot".
> 
> We currently have 1 string for each card.
> 
> The bug reporter links to this page:
> http://live.gnome.org/TranslationProject/DevGuidelines/Never_split_sentences
> 
This was discussed 4 years ago with the end result being what we have
now. The thread starts at:

http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-i18n/2003-May/msg00170.html

be sure to push through at least until you reach the point where you are
told why the current system doesn't work for Serbian/Finnish/etc.

A visual indicator rather than a string is the best solution. I never
quite got the time, but I always wanted to draw a giant arrow from point
card a to point card b.

 - Callum