po files header, Plural-Forms
The files I am sending to gnome-i18n have the following in the header: Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=1; This means that the number of plural forms is two in the corresponding language, and that plural forms are used in the file. The files I am sending to Ubuntu Launchpad contain the following: Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=n != 1;\n Does anybody have a clue about: =n != 1 Which one is the right one for gnome-i18n? -- 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
Re: po files header, Plural-Forms
The files I am sending to gnome-i18n have the following in the header: Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=1; This means that the number of plural forms is two in the corresponding language, and that plural forms are used in the file. The files I am sending to Ubuntu Launchpad contain the following: Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=n != 1;\n Does anybody have a clue about: =n != 1 Which one is the right one for gnome-i18n? http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/gettext.html#Plural-forms Germanic languages use Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=n != 1; -- Tomas ___ gnome-i18n mailing list gnome-i18n@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-i18n
Re: po files header, Plural-Forms
2008/5/6, Anna Jonna Armannsdottir [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The files I am sending to gnome-i18n have the following in the header: Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=1; This means that the number of plural forms is two in the corresponding language, and that plural forms are used in the file. The files I am sending to Ubuntu Launchpad contain the following: Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=n != 1;\n Does anybody have a clue about: =n != 1 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 ___ gnome-i18n mailing list gnome-i18n@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-i18n
Re: po files header, Plural-Forms
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
