Re: [PATCH] make mergeinfo diagram column headings l10n friendly

On 24.01.2013 00:42, Andreas Stieger wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I found the following output of "svn mergeinfo" troublesome to localize.
>
> youngest last repos.
> common full tip of path of
> ancestor merge branch branch
>
> 2 6
> | |
> --| |------------ branches/branch1
> / /
> / /
> -------| |------------ trunk
> | |
> 5 6
>
> Would something like this not be better?
>
> youngest common ancestor
> | last full merge
> | | tip of branch
> | | | repository path
>
> 2 6
> | |
> --| |------------ branches/branch1
> / /
> / /
> -------| |------------ trunk
> | |
> 5 6

I agree your suggested layout is easier to translate. However ...

> A patch to this effect is attached for consideration.
>
> [[[
> make mergeinfo diagram column headings l10n friendly
>
> * subversion/svn/mergeinfo-cmd.c
> (mergeinfo_diagram): use one line per column heading and
> vertical lines, leaving room for l10n
> ]]]

The patch itself still makes translators deal with the position of the
vertical bars. If we're going to change the layout, we may as well make
it even easier for translators so that they don't have to worry about
positioning, just translating the headings.

-- Brane

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Branko Čibej
Director of Subversion | WANdisco | www.wandisco.com