[bt-devel] Config Dialog HotKey Editor

[Jaak Ristioja]

Gary Holmlund wrote:
> Jaak Ristioja wrote:
>> Gary Holmlund wrote:
>>  
>>> The shortcut editor has been checked in and is ready to use. If you can
>>> try it and give me any feedback about it, that would be great.
>>>
>>> In testing I have found that the "back in history" and "forward in
>>> history" don't work right with a shortcut. I will work on this next.
>>>
>>> Perhaps looking critically at the text in the dialog would be good. We
>>> will need it to be translated soon.
>>>
>>> Gary
>>>     
>>
>> Hi!
>>
>> Nice to hear that. However, for translators, its a nightmare to
>> translate something like this:
>>
>> QString conflictMsg = "\n   \"" + conflict + "\" " + tr("in the") + "
>> \"" + getTitleForEditor(list.at(i)) + "\" " + tr("group");
>> conflicts.append(conflictMsg);
>>
>> Why? Because not all language have the same structure as English does.
>> There might not be equivalents for "in" or "the", and in some language
>> one might need to add some other words into "a strange place" somewhere
>> in that sentence. For flexibility and better translations, please use
>> something alike the following instead:
>>
>> QString conflictMsg = tr("\n\t\"%1\" in the \"%2\"
>> group").arg(conflict).arg(getTitleForEditor(list.at(i)));
>> conflicts.append(conflictMsg);
>>
>> God Bless!
>> Jaak Ristioja
>>   
> A very good point. I will change any messages like this. I am traveling
> so it may be a couple of days before I get it done.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Gary Holmlund

Regarding this matter, and as a translator, I'd be glad if the attached
patch, or at least the second part of it would be applied to code, so I
could provide a good enough translation for the shortcuts dialog.

Thanks!
Jaak Ristioja
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