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authorGravatar Kurtis Rader <krader@skepticism.us>2016-06-14 19:55:30 -0700
committerGravatar Kurtis Rader <krader@skepticism.us>2016-06-14 19:57:07 -0700
commit3cecc1f475d8f2d34f6e2519a8f7f9168296a494 (patch)
tree3c38712d0319ccd174db70909015ecb6bd0790dd /src
parent9f0c31611c189b7685cd5a818330ce36a9774eeb (diff)
trivial locale cleanups
Clarify the purpose of the `N_()` macro. Remove inconsistent capitalization of two strings in the parser module.
Diffstat (limited to 'src')
-rw-r--r--src/common.h6
-rw-r--r--src/parser.cpp4
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/common.h b/src/common.h
index 87fefed3..b8791279 100644
--- a/src/common.h
+++ b/src/common.h
@@ -229,8 +229,10 @@ void write_ignore(int fd, const void *buff, size_t count);
/// Shorthand for wgettext call in situations where a C-style string is needed (e.g., fwprintf()).
#define _(wstr) wgettext(wstr).c_str()
-/// Noop, used to tell xgettext that a string should be translated, even though it is not directly
-/// sent to wgettext.
+/// Noop, used to tell xgettext that a string should be translated. Use this when a string cannot be
+/// passed through wgettext() at the point where it is used. For example, when initializing a
+/// static array or structure. You must pass the string through wgettext() when it is used.
+/// See https://developer.gnome.org/glib/stable/glib-I18N.html#N-:CAPS
#define N_(wstr) wstr
/// Check if the specified string element is a part of the specified string list.
diff --git a/src/parser.cpp b/src/parser.cpp
index 86026f80..6b19f349 100644
--- a/src/parser.cpp
+++ b/src/parser.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class io_chain_t;
#define FOR_BLOCK N_(L"'for' block")
/// Breakpoint block.
-#define BREAKPOINT_BLOCK N_(L"Block created by breakpoint")
+#define BREAKPOINT_BLOCK N_(L"block created by breakpoint")
/// If block description.
#define IF_BLOCK N_(L"'if' conditional block")
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class io_chain_t;
#define BEGIN_BLOCK N_(L"'begin' unconditional block")
/// Source block description.
-#define SOURCE_BLOCK N_(L"Block created by the . builtin")
+#define SOURCE_BLOCK N_(L"block created by the . builtin")
/// Source block description.
#define EVENT_BLOCK N_(L"event handler block")