Re: [Discuss-gnustep] Localization

[Lele Gaifax]

>>>>> On Fri, 22 Sep 2000 07:05:07 +0200 (CEST), "Pascal J. Bourguignon" 
>>>>> <pjb@imaginet.fr> said:

    PJB> The process is as follow:

    PJB> 1- You put these lines in a source file:

    PJB> <snip>

    PJB> /* From a.c */ 
    PJB> "cheese" = "queso"; /* The generic name for
    PJB> the fermented milk stuff */ 
    PJB> "cheese" = "patata"; /* What you
    PJB> say to smile in a picture */

    PJB>    Which file you put in your Spain.lproj subdirectory.


    PJB> 4- You compile your source file. The macros expand to :

    PJB>    NSString* cheese1= [[NSBundle mainBundle]
    PJB> localizedStringForKey:( @"cheese" ) value:@"" table: (id)0 ]
    PJB> ; NSString* cheese2= [[NSBundle mainBundle]
    PJB> localizedStringForKey:( @"cheese" ) value:@"" table: (id)0 ]

I still miss the point: in which way lSFK does differentiate between
the two "cheese"? The only way I see is when in some way it uses also
the given comment to select the right translation. Shouldn't
NSLocalizedString() pass also the comment to
localizedStringForKey:value:table:?

I think event gettext is weak on this: its tools even compact the
"strings" equivalent by eliminating duplicated entries, since AFAICT
it cannot make any difference between two messages like above...

thanx, and bye,
lele.
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