[Xfce-i18n] Ellipsis or triple dots?

Rafael Fontenelle rffontenelle at gmail.com
Mon Jul 2 13:55:17 CEST 2018


Hi Emanuele,

Yep, that's why I suggested it: my script is set to apply special
characters only to the msgstr from a given PO file.
Em seg, 2 de jul de 2018 às 08:14, Emanuele Petriglia
<inbox at emanuelepetriglia.me> escreveu:
>
> Hi Rafael,
>
> Thanks for the script, but we decided (on bugzilla) to use special
> characters only for translation files.
>
> --
> Emanuele Petriglia
>
> On 02/07/18 13:01, Rafael Fontenelle wrote:
> > Emanuele,
> >
> > If you want apply ellipsis to the whole translated file, maybe you want
> > to check the script[1] I created for my GNOME translations; it applies
> > the GNOME typography (and then open Meld for file diffing and review of
> > the changes), but you could change it to apply only the desired ellipsis.
> >
> > [1] https://gitlab.com/rafaelff/scripts/blob/master/fix-typography.sh
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Rafael Fontenelle
> >
> > Em sáb, 30 de jun de 2018 10:05, Emanuele Petriglia
> > <inbox at emanuelepetriglia.me <mailto:inbox at emanuelepetriglia.me>> escreveu:
> >
> >     I discussed this problem on bugzilla[0]. This is the result: source
> >     string won't be modified, instead should be modified 'en_GB.po' or
> >     others english translation files.
> >
> >     So now it is the time for... english translators (?) to fix this issue.
> >
> >     [0]: https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14473
> >
> >     --
> >     Emanuele Petriglia
> >
> >     On 22/06/18 08:03, Allan Nordhøy wrote:
> >     >
> >     > Den 21. juni 2018 20:41, skrev Emanuele Petriglia:
> >     >> Hi,
> >     >>
> >     >> The source strings (in English) use triple dots instead of
> >     ellipsis, so
> >     >> you can localize them how you want.
> >     >>
> >     >> The problem is that in source strings should be placed ellipsis
> >     instead
> >     >> of triple dots.
> >     >>
> >     >> --
> >     >> Emanuele Petriglia
> >     > True, otherwise you have it looking different on some fonts, and
> >     > screenreaders going "dot" "dot" "dot".
> >     >
> >     > ~ same kingu
> >     >>
> >     >> On 21/06/18 14:57, 林博仁 wrote:
> >     >>> Passing by...
> >     >>>
> >     >>> Please do note that Chinese ellipsis is different than the
> >     >>> aforementioned ellipsis, whether you use the ellipsis or triple dots
> >     >>> the symbols must be marked as localizable.
> >     >>>
> >     >>> 林博仁(Buo-ren, Lin)
> >     >>> Buo.Ren.Lin at gmail.com <mailto:Buo.Ren.Lin at gmail.com>
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