Re: [libreoffice-l10n] Question about odd use of msgctxt

[Rimas Kudelis <rq@akl.lt>]

Hi Chris,

2012.07.10 08:48, Chris Leonard rašė:
> Is there a logical reason that so many of the PO files for LibreOffice
> have seemingly extraneous msgctxt comments that are simply a
> repetition of the location?
>
> Just one extreme example:
>
> scp2/source/xsltfilter.po
>
> Is it really necessary to translate "XSLT Sample Filters" twice (as
> enforced by the msgctxt comment).  Is there ever going to be a
> difference in the way the first and second instance is translated?  Is
> this just some hack to address builds in Windows that don't use
> gettext properly?
>
> I'm very interested to understand the logic behind this curious
> choice.  There are many downsides to this practice (abuse of msgctxt)
> which I could describe at greater length if needed.

in addition to what Martin wrote, there's another thing: LibreOffice 
does NOT use those .po files as they are. They are converted to a 
different type of L10n resource during compilation, and that other type 
of resource is what ends up being used in LibO, not just on Windows, but 
in all operating systems. With that in mind, you could also say that our 
conversion procedures are simply suboptimal, and that might be true 
somewhat, but they are what they are...

I believe there have been thoughts about migrating to gettext properly, 
but considering the amount of work it would take and the impact, no 
wonder it hasn't happened (or perhaps even started) yet.

Rimas

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