GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 342281
String Change For Condition Of Highlighted Read-Only Calendar Source
Last modified: 2013-09-13 00:49:11 UTC
We are getting a very high number of calls from people that have highlighted a read-only calendar source and then click "New" to add an appointment on another calendar. Evo currently just tells them they are on a read-only source. String should say something like: "You have a read-only calendar source selected. Change to Calendar View and highlight the calendar you wish to add this appointment". [ An even better fix would be just to pick another source for them. Perhaps use the following hunt order: GroupWise, Exchange and then Local] Other information:
Created attachment 67767 [details] [review] Patch for string change for condition of highlighted read only calendar source..
raghavendran: 3 things are wrong with your patch. please take a look again at calendar.error.xml and then a look at your patch again with regard to punctuation and correct spelling. - <_secondary>The calendar you have selected is read-only</_secondary> + <_secondary>You have a read-only calendar source selected.Change to Calendar View and +highlight the calendar you wish to add this appointment</_secondary> 1) after a full stop, there must be a whitespace. 2) every <_secondary> string in the file you patch ends with a fullstop. your <_secondary> string does not. 3) please make the string only one line without a linebreak, like the old string. your patch would add a second line (that's why you see two "+" at the beginning of the lines). please work precise and take care of stuff like that... perhaps it seems kind of nitpicking, but we have to provide a consistent user interface, and this also includes string formatting.
4) shouldnt it be "highlight the calendar you wish to add this appointment **TO**"?
Sentences cannot end with a preposition. :) How about: "You have a read-only calendar source selected. Change to Calendar View and highlight a calendar that can accept appointments".
dave: so "this is the sort of english up with which i cannot put”, heh? but since gnome is in en_US it could be that you're right. at least i was correct in en_GB. ;-)
:) Spoken US English has prepositions at the end of sentences all the time. I just remember getting hammered in school concerning prepositions. :P You can alter it as you wish to express the core thoughts. We are getting a lot of support calls from people getting this dialog. They click into webcals to check and uncheck them and then forget to change the highlight.
Created attachment 67889 [details] [review] Patch with corrections made for string change for condition of highlighted read only calendar source..
looks fine to commit. Please send a mail to gnome-i18n-list about the string change.
committed patch to CVS HEAD: http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/evolution/calendar/calendar.error.xml?r1=1.18&r2=1.19 fix will be included in evolution 2.7.90. patch cannot be committed to stable branch as it includes string changes. going to send an announcement to gnome-i18n mailing list about this. closing as fixed.