Re: Emacs i18n

[Juri Linkov]

> +                 (cons (format (ngettext "finished with %d match found\n"
> +                                         "finished with %d matches found\n"
> +                                         grep-num-matches-found)
> +                               grep-num-matches-found)
>
>       ("^Grep[/a-zA-Z]* started.*"
>        (0 '(face nil compilation-message nil help-echo nil mouse-face nil) t))
> -     ("^Grep[/a-zA-Z]* finished with \\(?:\\(\\(?:[0-9]+ \\)?matches 
> found\\)\\|\\(no matches found\\)\\).*"
> +     ("^Grep[/a-zA-Z]* finished with \\(?:\\(\\(?:[0-9]+ 
> \\)?match\\(?:es\\)? 
> found\\)\\|\\(no matches found\\)\\).*"
>
> Since it is not uncommon in Emacs to pattern-match on generated text,
> either the translator needs to understand regexps well or the code
> must be restructured to avoid that kind of matching, perhaps by using
> text properties. Besides, translating regexp strings precludes the use
> of modern regexp notations like rx, since gettext is string-oriented.

Is it possible to generate a regexp from ngettext arguments?
For example, given the same arguments and calling a hypothetical
function ‘rx-ngettext’:

  (rx-ngettext "finished with %d match found\n"
               "finished with %d matches found\n")

to generate a regexp like:

  "finished with \\(?:\\(\\(?:[0-9]+ \\)?match\\(?:es\\)? found\\)"