Bug 695234 – Split string to separate two strings

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Bug 695234 - Split string to separate two strings


Summary:	Split string to separate two strings


Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX

Product:	glib
Classification:	Platform
Component:	general
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	Other Linux

Importance:	Normal normal
Target Milestone:	---
Assigned To:	gtkdev
QA Contact:	gtkdev

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Reported:	2013-03-05 18:32 UTC by Ján Kyselica
Modified:	2017-05-29 10:30 UTC

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Description Ján Kyselica 2013-03-05 18:32:55 UTC

This string is needed to split for correct translation in our language (Slovak).

#: ../gio/gdbusmessage.c:1383
#, c-format
msgid "Wanted to read %lu bytes but only got %lu"
msgid_plural "Wanted to read %lu byte but only got %lu"
msgstr[0] ""
msgstr[1] ""
msgstr[2] ""

The problem is in plural forms, we use this rule:
Plural-Forms: nplurals=3; plural= (n==1) ? 1 : (n>=2 && n<=4) ? 2 : 0;

For example:
msgstr[0] "Potrebných 6 bajtov na čítanie, no získaných iba 5"
msgstr[0] "Potrebných 6 bajtov na čítanie, no získané iba 2"

Comment 1 Philip Withnall 2017-05-29 10:30:37 UTC

Given that this is an error message which is very unlikely to ever be seen, I’m not sure it’s worth the complexity of two calls to g_dngettext() and a fifth translatable string for ordering the two message components.