[Xfce-i18n] Ellipsis or triple dots?

[Emanuele Petriglia]

Hi Rafael,

Yes sorry, I was thinking about source strings. Thanks for the script,
I'll use it to translate my language!

The only difference is that I'll need to make a patch to send, while on
Transifex this process is completely automated.

--
Emanuele Petriglia

On 02/07/18 13:55, Rafael Fontenelle wrote:
> 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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