On mið, 2008-05-07 at 00:04 +0200, Kenneth Nielsen wrote: > I'm pretty sure that "plural=n != 1" means that it should use the > plural string for any numbers different from 1, and I think it should > be that in GNOME as well. It makes a little more sence if you put a > parantheses around it "plural=(n!=1). The != is a programming way of > wiriting "not equals". > Regards Kenneth
Hi Kenneth, that makes sense. It took a bit of reading to understand that 'plural' is really a C function. I thougnt it was just a constant like anything else in that file. At the same time we have translations like this (en_GB): msgid "%d × %d pixel" msgid_plural "%d × %d pixels" msgstr[0] "%d × %d pixel" msgstr[1] "%d × %d pixels" And the function f = plural(n) = (n!=1) has the two values: n=0 => f(n) = 1 # 0 pixels n=1 => f(n) = 0 # 1 pixel n=2...inf => f(n) = 1 # 2 pixels Ahh, so the f(n) is the index to msgstr. Ok, now i understand it. I suppose there are some other translators that do not understand this. I think the key to understanding this, is to realize that plural is really a C function of n which is the numerical argument that controls the textual context. Also I had to know that the function plural is really the index to the msgstr[0], msgstr[1] array. Hope this helps understanding the plural function. Thanks for your explanations. -- Kindest Regards, Anna Jonna Ármannsdóttir, %& A: Because people read from top to bottom. Unix System Aministration, Computing Services, %& Q: Why is top posting bad? University of Iceland. _______________________________________________ gnome-i18n mailing list gnome-i18n@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-i18n