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Re: [...] deprecated use of "\v"


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Benno Schulenberg wrote:
> The gettext tools can handle \v and other escapes just fine.  The 
> reason that msgmerge warns that "internationalized messages should 
> not contain the `\v' escape sequence" is that translators cannot be 
> expected to know what \v does, and thus might drop it from their 
> translation.  (This is what I did myself, in the beginning.)

This is what translator comments are for.  We already recognize comments
starting with TRANS and they get copied into the .pot file.  If you want
to get reminded of the use of \v submit a patch to add an appropriate
comment.

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â Ulrich Drepper â Red Hat, Inc. â 444 Castro St â Mountain View, CA â
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