Emacs po-mode

Emacs po-mode

[mihkel]

Hey,

I hope there are some emacs users who occasionally do translating too. Anyway I 
have some misunderstanding with emacs po-mode.

In emacs when I translate the following string, it puts it all into one line:
Code:

msgid ""
"If enabled, closing Sonata will minimize it to the system tray. Note that "
"it's currently impossible to detect if there actually is a system tray, so "
"only check this if you have one."
msgstr ""
"Kui lubatud, Sonata minimeerib end süsteemsesse salve. Kahjuks hetkel on 
võimatu tuvastada, kas süsteemne salv on ka olemas, niiet luba ainult siis, kui 
tead, et su töölaual on salv."

When I manually add new lines (to same places where they are in msgid), I get:
Code:

msgid ""
"If enabled, closing Sonata will minimize it to the system tray. Note that "
"it's currently impossible to detect if there actually is a system tray, so "
"only check this if you have one."
msgstr ""
"Kui lubatud, Sonata minimeerib end süsteemsesse salve. Kahjuks hetkel on\n"
"võimatu tuvastada, kas süsteemne salv on ka olemas, niiet luba ainult siis,\n"
"kui tead, et su töölaual on salv."

Notice those "\n"
But I need:
Code:

msgid ""
"If enabled, closing Sonata will minimize it to the system tray. Note that "
"it's currently impossible to detect if there actually is a system tray, so "
"only check this if you have one."
msgstr ""
"Kui lubatud, Sonata minimeerib end süsteemsesse salve. Kahjuks hetkel on "
"võimatu tuvastada, kas süsteemne salv on ka olemas, niiet luba ainult siis,"
"kui tead, et su töölaual on salv."


My .emacs file http://pastebin.ca/1166663
Thanks in advance.
Debian Lenny and emacs-snatshot Version: 1:20080808-1

mihkel (second day using emacs)

PS! Since I'm not subscribed to this list, please cc to turakas at gmail dot com

Emacs po-mode

[turakas]

I sent this e-mail directly to help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, but it looks
like it got lost. So I post it to gnu.emacs.help again.

Hey,

I hope there are some emacs users who occasionally do translating too.
Anyway I have some misunderstanding with emacs po-mode.

In emacs when I translate the following string, it puts it all into
one line:
Code:

msgid ""
"If enabled, closing Sonata will minimize it to the system tray. Note
that "
"it's currently impossible to detect if there actually is a system
tray, so "
"only check this if you have one."
msgstr ""
"Kui lubatud, Sonata minimeerib end süsteemsesse salve. Kahjuks hetkel
on võimatu tuvastada, kas süsteemne salv on ka olemas, niiet luba
ainult siis, kui tead, et su töölaual on salv."

When I manually add new lines (to same places where they are in
msgid), I get:
Code:

msgid ""
"If enabled, closing Sonata will minimize it to the system tray. Note
that "
"it's currently impossible to detect if there actually is a system
tray, so "
"only check this if you have one."
msgstr ""
"Kui lubatud, Sonata minimeerib end süsteemsesse salve. Kahjuks hetkel
on\n"
"võimatu tuvastada, kas süsteemne salv on ka olemas, niiet luba ainult
siis,\n"
"kui tead, et su töölaual on salv."

Notice those "\n"
But I need:
Code:

msgid ""
"If enabled, closing Sonata will minimize it to the system tray. Note
that "
"it's currently impossible to detect if there actually is a system
tray, so "
"only check this if you have one."
msgstr ""
"Kui lubatud, Sonata minimeerib end süsteemsesse salve. Kahjuks hetkel
on "
"võimatu tuvastada, kas süsteemne salv on ka olemas, niiet luba ainult
siis,"
"kui tead, et su töölaual on salv."


My .emacs file http://pastebin.ca/1166663
Thanks in advance.
Debian Lenny and emacs-snatshot Version: 1:20080808-1

mihkel (second day using emacs)

PS! Since I'm not subscribed to this list, please cc to turakas at
gmail dot com

Re: Emacs po-mode

[Dmitry Dzhus]

turakas@gmail.com wrote:

> Notice those "\n"

This is an expected behaviour (see gettext manual, 8.3.4):

«Right now, in PO mode, strings are single line or multi-line. A string
 goes multi-line if and only if it has _embedded_ newlines…»

If you need to just _wrap_ long single-line `msgstr` contents, use
`po-wrap` function described here:
http://www.gnu.org/software/trans-coord/manual/gnun/html_node/New-Translation.html.
It has to process the whole file, though.

I've already pointed out in `gnu.utils.bug` that `po-wrap` function is
worth including in po-mode (at least until normalization issues stated
in gettext manual are resolved).
-- 
Happy Hacking.

http://sphinx.net.ru
む

Re: Emacs po-mode

[turakas]

> On 13 aug, 00:43, Dmitry Dzhus <d...@sphinx.net.ru> wrote:
Thanks for you answer. Since I can't speak lisp, I didn't know I
needed to use M-x po-wrap.

But I have another question too. It is related to emacs po-mode, so I
post it to this thread.
I have a string:

    msgid "<b>Search:\t</b>"

There is that TAB space (\t). When I insert \t manually, emacs writes \
\t:

    msgstr "<b>Otsi:\\t</b>"

How can I make emacs write only \t so my translation looks like that:

    msgstr "<b>Otsi:\t</b>"


mihkel

Re: Emacs po-mode

[Kevin Rodgers]

turakas@gmail.com wrote:
>> On 13 aug, 00:43, Dmitry Dzhus <d...@sphinx.net.ru> wrote:
> Thanks for you answer. Since I can't speak lisp, I didn't know I
> needed to use M-x po-wrap.
> 
> But I have another question too. It is related to emacs po-mode, so I
> post it to this thread.
> I have a string:
> 
>     msgid "<b>Search:\t</b>"
> 
> There is that TAB space (\t). When I insert \t manually, emacs writes \
> \t:
> 
>     msgstr "<b>Otsi:\\t</b>"
> 
> How can I make emacs write only \t so my translation looks like that:
> 
>     msgstr "<b>Otsi:\t</b>"

Just a guess: C-q \ t

-- 
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA

Re: Emacs po-mode

[turakas]

> Just a guess: C-q \ t

This seems to do the same as just writing \t.

Re: Emacs po-mode

[Dmitry Dzhus]

turakas@gmail.com wrote:

> But I have another question too. It is related to emacs po-mode, so I
> post it to this thread.
> I have a string:
>
>     msgid "<b>Search:\t</b>"
>
> There is that TAB space (\t). When I insert \t manually, emacs writes \
> \t:
>
>     msgstr "<b>Otsi:\\t</b>"
>
> How can I make emacs write only \t so my translation looks like that:
>
>     msgstr "<b>Otsi:\t</b>"

Insert raw tabulation instead of \t in msgstr: C-q TAB.
-- 
Happy Hacking.

http://sphinx.net.ru
む

Re: Emacs po-mode

[turakas]

> Insert raw tabulation instead of \t in msgstr: C-q TAB.

This one works. Thanks again.