I knew there was a rational explanation somewhere. THIS makes sense.
Use N_() when the string is in a different function from the one which calls
fl_set_object_label(obj, _(str)), otherwise just use _() direct.
Got it. Many thanks, Dekel, Lars, JMarc. The penny, centime, agora, kroner
has finally dropped
On Tuesday 05 December 2000 17:18, Dekel Tsur wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 03:01:48PM +0000, Angus Leeming wrote:
> > On Monday 04 December 2000 17:52, Dekel Tsur wrote:
> > > You should use 'xcol.name = _("GUI background")' instead of using N_().
> > > There are several places in your code that need to fixed.
> > > Note that in some places you need to keep the N_() but put a _() when
> > > the string is used. For example, keep the N_() in LyXRC::getDescription
> > > but in FormPreferences::feedback you need to put
> > > str = formatted(_(str), ...)
> >
> > This shouldn't be that hard, but I'm completely confused here.
> >
> > Why should I keep N_() for one (and then put a _() when the string is
> > used), but remove it for xcol.name?
>
> The reason I suggested to use N_() instead of _() in LyXRC::getDescription
> is that each _() generates a function call which takes, for example, 8bytes
> and since you have 69 'str =' lines, this amounts to 552 bytes.
> If you use N_() instead of _() in LyXRC::getDescription, and put _() later
> (for example, you can put 'return _(str)' at the end of
> LyXRC::getDescription) then you only pay 8 bytes.
> However this is not very important, so you can use _() if you wish.
>
> With xcol.name, you don't gain anything by using N_(), so only _() should
> be used.
