Bo Borgerson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jim Meyering wrote: >> This brings up another (as yet unwritten) guideline: >> Don't change translatable strings if you can avoid it. >> If you must rearrange lines, extract and create new strings, rather than >> extracting and moving into existing blocks. This avoids making unnecessary >> work for translators. ... >> Yes, I'll add this to HACKING RSN ;-) > > If it helps I've pushed a branch called HACKING that adds a new section > for translatability tips and includes your guideline above verbatim. ;)
It does, indeed. Thank you. I've pushed this addition: Be nice to translators ====================== Don't change translatable strings if you can avoid it. If you must rearrange individual lines (e.g., in multi-line --help strings), extract and create new strings, rather than extracting and moving into existing blocks. This avoids making unnecessary work for translators. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
