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Bug 618983 - g_get_real_name l10n issue ...
g_get_real_name l10n issue ...
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: glib
Classification: Platform
Component: general
2.25.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gtkdev
gtkdev
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2010-05-18 13:47 UTC by Michael Meeks
Modified: 2018-05-24 12:18 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

Attachments
Implement g_get_real_name_for_display (2.46 KB, patch)
2010-06-16 10:38 UTC, Christian Dywan 		none Details | Review

Description Michael Meeks 2010-05-18 13:47:46 UTC 
I just got a bug filed because the Evo. account dialog uses:

g_get_real_name ()

to pre-fill the user's real name [ as you do ;-].

Unfortunately, if it can't work out the real name, it returns an un-translated string:

  if (!g_user_name)
    g_user_name = g_strdup ("somebody");
  if (!g_real_name)
    g_real_name = g_strdup ("Unknown");


Feature or bug ? I'd prefer to see either a NULL return for unknown, or (more safely) an additional _() there :-) Same problem for user_name I guess - though that is far less likely to fail.

Thanks.
Comment 1 Christian Dywan 2010-05-18 14:08:44 UTC 
The encoding of the returned string is undefined. If anything, you want a new g_get_real_name_for_display () which is locaized and UTF-8. I think that was proposed somewhere already but not followed up on.
Comment 2 Matthias Clasen 2010-05-19 12:35:36 UTC 
g_get_real_name_for_display would make some sense
Comment 3 Christian Dywan 2010-06-16 10:05:13 UTC 
Found it, bug 542058 is what I had been thinking of, with proposed g_get_user_name_for_display. So I think we should be going for both. I'll write up g_get_real_name_for_display.
Comment 4 Christian Dywan 2010-06-16 10:38:42 UTC 
Created attachment 163798 [details] [review]
Implement g_get_real_name_for_display

The _for_display variant always returns UTF-8. If the real name can't be determined a localized "Unknown" is returned.
Comment 5 GNOME Infrastructure Team 2018-05-24 12:18:28 UTC 
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