Re: Best way to format a name string in Folks

[Gabor Kelemen <kelemeng gnome hu>]

Hi Laurent

2012-08-04 10:18 keltezéssel, Contzen Laurent írta:
> Hello,
>
> I'm currently adding a new display-name property in FolksIndividual as
> discussed in bug #651672
> (https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=651672). One of the possible
> values we'd like to set this value to would use the given_name and the
> family_name of the contact. Currently, I'm simply doing
>
>      var name = structured_name.given_name + " "
> + structured_name.family_name;
>
> which outputs a string containing exactly "$given_name $family_name".
>
> Is this the best way of doing this or should, for example, the string
> format be translatable?

This should be translatable.

For example, the standard name order in Hungarian is $family_name 
$given_name, so your solution would not work for my language and for a 
few more, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_order#Name_order

Probably "%s %s" with a comment about their meaning and how to switch 
the order is enough, like:

Translators: first %s is the given name of the contact, the second %s is 
the family name. To change the order, use "%2$s %1$s"

Thanks for asking!
Gabor Kelemen

> Thanks in advance for your opinions on this.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Laurent Contzen
>
>
>
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