Re: [evolution-data-server] Some translatable strings changed

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Sgrìobh Milan Crha na leanas 19/08/2016 aig 09:26:
> On Thu, 2016-08-18 at 11:26 +0200, Rafal Luzynski wrote:
> > If I may put my 2 cents here, wouldn't you guys consider a notation
> > without spaces, like "%s:%s" (inspired by an old MacOS) or "%s::%s"
> > (inspired by C++ namespace notation)?
>
>       Hi,
> I like the way it had been done some time ago (possibly years ago),
> thus I'll keep it '%s : %s'.
>
> > It may be already too late to change the notation so maybe use
> > nonbreaking spaces (Unicode character 160 dec or A0 hex)? What if a
> > line gets wrapped at this point?
>
> The account name (the first %s) and/or even the folder name (the second
> %s) can also contain spaces, thus the nonbreaking space might not give
> much value. But good idea otherwise, I didn't think of it earlier.
>
> > > maybe replace %s : %s with a single %s using some C magic. :)
>
> Right. The evolution code uses a "C magic", which may or may not be
> good (would RTL languages prefer to switch the order or not). I thought
> it'll be better done in place in eds, also to avoid one more string
> allocation and immediate free of it. Maybe I'll change my mind in the
> future.

If in doubt, best leave control over this with the translators. So, +1
for keeping this as it is.



> > +1 for suggesting that a translators comment would be helpful here
> > explaining that spaces are intentional and should be preserved
> > as well as explaining what are those %s's.
>
> Okay, I added translator comments above those strings. There were above
> some already, but not above all. I made them the same or quite similar:
> https://git.gnome.org/browse/evolution-data-server/commit/?id=01b088cc3

Looking good, thanks!