Re: [tomboy-list] Tomboy string changes

[Luc Pionchon <pionchon luc gmail com>]

On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 18:26, Aaron Borden <adborden live com> wrote:
> On Mon, 2011-08-22 at 10:16 +0200, Andre Klapper wrote:
>> On Mon, 2011-08-22 at 09:04 +0300, Luc Pionchon wrote:
>> > On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 06:56, Aaron Borden <adborden live com> wrote:
>> > > The variable is the export format, e.g. "HTML"
>> >
>> > You should add this comment IN THE CODE, so each of the 50+
>> > translators understand what {0} stands for. See the i18n wiki pages to
>> > know how to add such comment: so the comment appears in the po file.
>>
>> See
>> https://live.gnome.org/TranslationProject/DevGuidelines/Use%20comments
>
> Thanks for the clarification guys, does this need to be done for every
> format string?

Everywhere where it makes sense. I think you should ask yourself
whereas the string is understandable or not once out of context,
without the variable names.