Public bug reported:

The lengtyh of the strings shown in the unity help overlay (hold down
the super/windows key) is restricted, but this is not clear to
translators. On my screen (1400x900) the restrictions appear as follows:

The shortcut column: 22 characters
The explanation column: 42 characters

As far as I can tell all these translations are located in
plugins/unityshell/src/unityshell.cpp.

It would be nice if 
1) The size of the overlay would automatically adapt to the length of the 
longest strings.

or, easier
2) If a comment for translators could be placed in the pot files at relevant 
strings. For example:
#Translators: the translations must not exceed 22/42 characters, or they will 
be truncated

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: unity 5.8.0-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-22.35-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-22-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: 
[core,composite,opengl,decor,compiztoolbox,gnomecompat,regex,move,vpswitch,mousepoll,snap,grid,imgpng,resize,place,animation,resizeinfo,wall,workarounds,unitymtgrabhandles,session,fade,expo,scale,ezoom,unityshell]
Date: Fri Apr  6 12:08:16 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110426)
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-10 (26 days ago)

** Affects: unity (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 precise

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