2016-11-16 11:10 GMT-02:00 Ask Hjorth Larsen <asklar...@gmail.com>:
>
> A simple conformity check:
>
> gtgrep -cn --msgstr '\.\.\.' filename.po
>
> I had a bit of a battle to get the regex escapes right in bash, but
> this should weed out most false positives:
>
> gtgrep -cn --msgstr '(?<!\.)\.\.\.(?!\.)' filename.po
>
> However if the translation uses "...." or ".." when it should really
> be using an ellipsis, the first form is better anyway, or maybe
> (?<!\.)\.{2,4}(?!\.). Probably it's best just to use the simple one
> :)
>
> (gtgrep comes from pyg3t)
>
Thanks for remembering about gtgrep. I believe gtgrep fits my needs as it
outputs msgstr and msgid that matches the pattern, making it easier to
search for these characters, mainly -cn flags together.
It is also possible to count the matches of a given pattern comparing
between msgids and msgstrs, by combining -C with --msgid or --msgstr flags.
If the comparision shows different number, something may be wrong in the
translation -- depending each language.
>
> Something similar could be done for the other characters, but of
> course quotation marks vary a lot depending on language, so it would
> not all be completely portable to all languages.
>
>
Indeed. However, one doesn't necessarily need to use --msgstr flag to
search pattern; instead, '--msgid' flag can be used to search for
horizontal ellipsis (…), and then look the output in order to find three
dots (which is a piece-of-cake in a monospace font).
Best regards,
Rafael Fontenelle
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