GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 577924
Add tooltip text to git menu actions
Last modified: 2009-06-24 07:26:27 UTC
The problem is that some menu commands are really hard to translate into native languages (e.g. GIT plugin). For that I like to add correct translated descriptions of the GtkActions. It seems that's not working currently. Other information: The discussion about this topic started here on the gnome-de list: http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-de/2009-March/msg00136.html
I have same problem, especially with the GIT plugin. I'm a beginner with it, it's rather new and has lots of functions, so sometimes I don't know the term in english corresponding to the action I want to do, and it's worst when it's translated. I don't know this part of Anjuta, is there already something started ?
Instead of using the status bar, isn't it possible to use tool tips ? Like it's done for the main menu. I'm not sure I will notice the change in the status bar.
OK, I finally found out how gedit does this so I will try to fix it soon. Actually, I find tooltips rather disturbing in the menu so I prefer the statusbar solution. (I think the GNOME HIG also suggests this, but I will check).
Ok, then we need to add tooltips for our actions and let some some time for translation. Indeed, I have looked at other programs and most of them use the status bar, so we should probably do the same.
The tooltips are now shown in the status bar. Anyway, the git commands have no tooltip property that. That should be fixed!
fixed
Thanks but I think people wanted to see a reference to the git command used in the tooltips like "Commit your local changes ('git commit')" to be able to double-check things with other git docs. Maybe you can add this.