Jim Meyering wrote: > Pádraig Brady wrote: >> Eric Blake wrote: >>> According to Pádraig Brady on 9/18/2009 8:21 AM: >>>> I'd vote for removing the translation help line unconditionally >>> Hmm. The GNU Coding Standards don't mention the translation bug report >>> line, but the gettext manual recommends including it for any program with >>> i18n output. After all, translation bugs really are better directed to >>> the language team that had the translation issue, rather than the >>> developer that can't even understand the language in question. >> Hmm, I wary about adding too much text. >> >> Perhaps we should leave things as they are. >> If someone is looking for more info than is given in --help >> they'll look at the man page from which they'll be directed >> to the texinfo docs. >> >>> I can, however, agree that the translation line does not add much in the C >>> locale, and probably not in en_ locales. >> Note currently the translation line is not added in the C locale >> (and hence is not in the default man pages). > > I confess that I am not quite sure that removing the translation > line is a good move. > > What do you think about suppressing it also for en* locales > instead of removing it altogether? > > An alternative: don't emit it into --help, but do insert it > into the man page.
OK I'll update the patch to add the translation line if strncmp(LC_MESSAGES, "en_", 3). I.E. the unusual case of LC_MESSAGES=C will get the translation message, which will mean it's included in the man page also. cheers, Pádraig.
