Re: Localization problem with UTF entities

[Alexis La Goutte <alexis.lagoutte () gmail com>]

On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 10:43 PM, Thomas Wiens <th.wiens () gmx de> wrote:

> found out that changing the entry in "wireshark_de.ts" to:
> <source>Check for Updates…</source>
> still does the job.
>
> I have missed the point to regenerate the .qm file, calling lrelease
> program from Qt directory.
>
> But the .ts files are automatically generated by lupdate from the
> cpp-sourcefiles. So manually adding the "…" into the .ts file(s) is not
> a solution.
> I think there are at least two solutions:
>
> 1) Before calling lupdate use scripting/temporary files and replace <"
> UTF8_HORIZONTAL_ELLIPSIS> with <"…">, and all other UTF8 entities used
> in the .cpp sourcefiles.
>
> 2) Move the UTF chars outside from tr(). E.g. replace:
>
> QAction *update_action = new QAction(tr("Check for Updates"
> UTF8_HORIZONTAL_ELLIPSIS), main_ui_->menuHelp);
>
> with:
>
> QAction *update_action = new QAction(tr("Check for Updates") +
> UTF8_HORIZONTAL_ELLIPSIS, main_ui_->menuHelp);
>
> and all other occurrencies of UTF8 entities, with the disadvantage of
> string concatenation during runtime.
> For any reason, changing the language does only affect this entry when
> wireshark is restarted. All other texts change immediately.
>
>
> I think 1) is the better solution, as lupdate is not called during the
> msbuild process as far as I can see.
> Who does this job (calling update-tx) to sync with Transifex and
> generate the .ts / .qm files?
>
> Hi,

I prefer solution 2, no need to to change update process translation...

Also about no update after changing language on preference, it is a known
issue (there is a bug for this)
We need to (re) add text about need relaunch Wireshark to have all string
update

Cheers


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