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Re: [bug-gettext] Problem with mixing plural and simgle form


From: Bruno Haible
Subject: Re: [bug-gettext] Problem with mixing plural and simgle form
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:16:52 +0100
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Marian Cavojsky wrote:
> Developers mixes this ones. Really exaple is gnome-settings-daemon module
> in gnome.
> 
> #: ../plugins/power/gpm-common.c:565 ../plugins/power/gpm-common.c:757
> msgid "AC adapter"
> msgid_plural "AC adapters"
> msgstr[0] "Napájacie šnúry"
> msgstr[1] "Napájacia šnúra"
> msgstr[2] "Napájacie šnúry"
> 
> ../plugins/power/gpm-common.c:565
>                 text = ngettext ("AC adapter", "AC adapters", number);
> 
> ../plugins/power/gpm-common.c:757
>                 return _("AC adapter");
> 
> and this is no only one.

Please tell the developers that they can use contexts to avoid such
ambiguities. Documented here:
<http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/Contexts.html>

Bruno




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