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

Branko ÄŒibej wrote:

> On 24.01.2013 00:42, Andreas Stieger wrote:
>> 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
>> ]]]

Sounds good to me.  +1.

> 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.

Yes, that would be even better.

- Julian
Received on 2013-01-24 15:03:01 CET