Re: [libreoffice-l10n] Weblate; error uploading files

Thanks Christian for the explanation. Weblate accepted the translation 
file back without the 'fix' being made.

Ar 25/11/2019 12:09, ysgrifennodd Christian Lohmaier:
> Hi Rhoslyn, *,
>
> On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 12:23 PM Rhoslyn Prys <post@meddal.com> wrote:
> > Yes, I'm getting the same messages:
> >
> > " Please fix errors in the form.
> > Error in parameter method: This field is required. "
> So I guess same cause here - not picking one of the upload modes.
>
> > I downloaded cu/messages and translated it in Poedit. Poedit is
> > complaining about:
> >
> > format specification in 'msgid' and 'msgstr' for argument 1 are not the same
> >
> > #. pA7RB
> > #: cui/inc/tipoftheday.hrc:208
> > #, c-format
> > msgctxt "RID_CUI_TIPOFTHEDAY"
> > msgid "When you're creating a Style based on another, you can enter a
> > percentage value or a point value (e.g. 110% or -2pt or +5pt)."
> > msgstr "Wrth greu Arddull yn seiliedig ar un arall, gallwch nodi gwerth
> > canrannol neu werth pwynt (e.e. 110% neu -2pt neu +5pt)."
> it thinks the string is some placeholder string, so false positive.
> it has c-format label, and there placeholders have the form
> %[parameter][flags][width][.precision][length]type
>
> A space would be a valid flag (add space for positive number, but a
> "-" for negative values) - so "% o" from source string and "% n" are
> different, hence it complains/warns.
> But that's not the cause of the error
>
> > I'm not clear what error is here.
> the c-format label on the string is misleading/wrong technically. If
> it were used as a c-format/placeholder string, the percent signs would
> have to be escaped:
> … 110%% or -2pt…
> but the string is not used as a placeholder string, so the c-format is
> added errornously by xgettext - the strings from hrc files are
> extracted using this command:
> xgettext -C --add-comments --keyword=NC_:1c,2 --keyword=NNC_:1c,2,3
> --from-code=UTF-8 --no-wrap cui/inc/tipoftheday.hrc -o
> /tmp/messages.po
>
> But seems the strings in the file don't use c-string style placeholder
> definitions for all strings, but a mix of  $1 ... $2 style and also %1
> or $(ARG1) $(ARG2)...
> only 16 strings seems to be using c-style format like this:
> NC_("SV_STDTEXT_SERVICENOTAVAILABLE", "The component (%s) could not be
> loaded.\nPlease start setup with the repair option.")
> But even then it is not real c-format string, but later replaced by a
> find and replace (so the placeholder can be anything)
>
> All others use a freestyle-way of placholder %SOMELABEL, the $1 style,
> the %1 style or $(ARG1) style...
> So "fix" for the bogus warning is to change the xgettext invocation to
> not assume C++ format strings/strip the c-format label from the
> result.
>
> > Any ideas? I'm not sure it's creating
> > the above error, though.
> The warning is unrelated.
> Make sure to pick a file-upload-mode and uploading should work.
>
> ciao
>
> Christian
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Rhoslyn Prys
Meddal.com

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