https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=402838
Bug ID: 402838
Summary: Strange placing of spaces while saving multiline
strings
Product: lokalize
Version: unspecified
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: editor
Assignee: sdepi...@gmail.com
Reporter: mario.blaetterm...@gmail.com
CC: sha...@ukr.net
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
While saving a file, Lokalize behaves some odd in comparison with other
translations editors. For all multiline strings (which are dynamically wrapped
at 80 characters as usual) a whitespace character gets not placed at the end of
a wrapped line, but at teh beginning of the next one.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open a po file which has some already translated multiline strings.
2. Change one of that strings.
3. Save the file.
OBSERVED RESULT
All strings changed by Localize get the whitespaces at the beginning of the
line, like in the following string:
#. type: Plain text
msgid ""
"When writing scripts that need to decompress files, it is recommended to "
"always use the name B<xz> with appropriate arguments (B<xz -d> or B<xz -"
"dc>) instead of the names B<unxz> and B<xzcat>."
msgstr ""
"Beim Schreiben von Skripten, die Dateien dekomprimieren müssen, wird es"
" empfohlen, immer den Namen B<xz> mit den entsprechenden Argumenten B<xz -d>"
" oder B<xz -dc>) anstelle der Namen B<unxz> und B<xzcat> zu verwenden."
EXPECTED RESULT
The whitespaces should be at the end of the lines. The same string as above
after launching "msgcat -w 80":
#. type: Plain text
msgid ""
"When writing scripts that need to decompress files, it is recommended to "
"always use the name B<xz> with appropriate arguments (B<xz -d> or B<xz -dc>)
"
"instead of the names B<unxz> and B<xzcat>."
msgstr ""
"Beim Schreiben von Skripten, die Dateien dekomprimieren müssen, wird es "
"empfohlen, immer den Namen B<xz> mit den entsprechenden Argumenten B<xz -d> "
"oder B<xz -dc>) anstelle der Namen B<unxz> und B<xzcat> zu verwenden."
I don't know if it's essential for the compatibility that the files are not
fully canonical (in comparison with Poedit or Gnome Translation Editor), but
the effect of a basic command line tool like msgcat shows me that it's at least
a bit strange. Maybe it could lead to undesired behavior in other environments
which parse *.po files.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Kernel 4.20.0 (Archlinux)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.14.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.53.0
Qt Version: 5.12.0
Lokalize Version: 18.12.0
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