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Bug 137485 - [strings] Please don't unnecessarily abbreviate in Gstreamer messages
[strings] Please don't unnecessarily abbreviate in Gstreamer messages
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: GStreamer
Classification: Platform
Component: gstreamer (core)
git master
Other All
: Normal normal
: 0.8.10
Assigned To: GStreamer Maintainers
GStreamer Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2004-03-17 11:55 UTC by Christian Rose
Modified: 2005-03-25 19:52 UTC
See Also:
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Description Christian Rose 2004-03-17 11:55:17 UTC 
#: gst/gst.c:134
msgid ""
"Comma-separated list of plugins to preload in addition to the list stored in "
"env variable GST_PLUGIN_PATH"


Please don't use unnecessary abbreviations in messages. Please spell out
things like "environment" when possible. This will make things more clear
both for users and translators. See
http://developer.gnome.org/doc/tutorials/gnome-i18n/developer.html#language
for more information about this type of problem.
Comment 1 Christian Rose 2004-03-17 16:07:44 UTC 
The same is true for "caps":

#: gst/gsterror.c:77
msgid "Internal GStreamer error: caps problem.  File a bug."

#: gst/elements/gsttypefind.c:149
msgid "caps"

#: gst/parse/grammar.y:621
#, c-format
msgid "could not parse caps \"%s\""


It took me quite a while to figure out that "caps" was some odd
abbreviation for "capabilities". No idea how the ordinary translator
is supposed to know that. Please use the full word
"capability"/"capabilities".
Comment 2 David Schleef 2004-03-17 19:08:31 UTC 
"caps" should almost always be interpreted as "negotiation".  IMO, any
translatable string containing "caps" or "capabilities" is a bug.
Comment 3 Ronald Bultje 2005-03-25 19:52:11 UTC 
Fixes.