Re: Translatable propertiy descriptions in libgnomecanvas?

[Michael Meeks <michael ximian com>]

Hi Gergo,

On Thu, 3 May 2001, ERDI Gergo wrote:
> I noticed the following in gnome-canvas.c:
> 	g_object_class_install_property
> 	        (gobject_class, GROUP_PROP_Y,
> 		 g_param_spec_double ("y",   
>                                       _("Y"),
>                                       _("Y"),
>                                       -G_MAXDOUBLE, G_MAXDOUBLE, 0.0,
>                                       (G_PARAM_READABLE | G_PARAM_WRITABLE)));
> 
> (and likewise for `X')
> 
> Is it an actual decision to translate property descriptions, or is it
> a typo here?

	Well, the idea is that the descriptions should be translated - and
thus libgnomecanvas should depend on gettext etc. However, so far, no one
has really bothered to spend much time writing verbose descriptions, and
AFAIR many of the translatable doc strings are not entered ...

	So, it's a nice little task to go through and add nice human
readable documentation strings - and ask TimJ what they are there for, and
what level of verbosity he wants.

	HTH,

		Michael.

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