Am 6/20/2013 9:56, schrieb Peter Krefting: > Junio C Hamano: > >> But my understanding is that the reordering using printf() is the >> mechanism we suggest l10n folks to use when the order of parameters >> given to printf does not match the preferred word order in the message >> in their language. > > It's documented in the gettext manual, and seems to be used in the > zh_CN.po to change the word order in quite a few places. It is fine to use %n$ in translated strings as long as gettext is enabled only on systems that have a sufficiently capable printf and these formats are not used in the source code. But you can't have this string: "Splitting a commit while rebasing branch '%2$s' on '%3$s'." neither in the template nor in the translation, because the numbers must begin at 1 (and must be used without gaps). -- Hannes -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html