On Sun, Mar 31, 2024 at 09:11:59AM +0200, Rubén Justo wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 30, 2024 at 11:43:40PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> > Rubén Justo <rjusto@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> >
> > >> > for (cp = buf.buf; *cp; cp = np) {
> > >> > np = strchrnul(cp, '\n');
> > >> > - fprintf(stderr, _("%shint: %.*s%s\n"),
> > >> > + fprintf(stderr, _("%shint:%s%.*s%s\n"),
> > >> > advise_get_color(ADVICE_COLOR_HINT),
> > >> > + (np == cp) ? "" : " ",
> > >> > (int)(np - cp), cp,
> > >> > advise_get_color(ADVICE_COLOR_RESET));
> > >
> > > Thinking again on this I wonder, while we're here, if we could go further
> > > and move the "hint" literal to the args, to ease the translation work:
> > > - fprintf(stderr, _("%shint:%s%.*s%s\n"),
> > > + fprintf(stderr, "%s%s:%s%.*s%s\n",
> > > advise_get_color(ADVICE_COLOR_HINT),
> > > + _("hint"),
> > > (np == cp) ? "" : " ",
> > > (int)(np - cp), cp,
> > > advise_get_color(ADVICE_COLOR_RESET));
> >
> > It is not guaranteed that any and all languages want to use a colon
> > immediately after translation of "hint"; the current message string
> > with or without my patch allows translators adjust that part to the
> > target language, but your version will force them to always use only
> > a colon there. Is that an improvement? I somehow do not think so.
>
> I was just thinking if leaving the format open to the translation is a
> sane option. Maybe we can move the colon to the literal in the args,
> too.
Just for the record, zh_CN (Chinese) and zh_TW (Traditional Chinese)
do not use ':' on its translation, but '：'
So, if we go the way I proposed we'll need to move the ':' too. I
still think it's an improvement. But, optional to this series.
>
> In any case, the patch is OK as it is.
