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printk() indexing

Posted May 29, 2021 3:08 UTC (Sat) by pabs (subscriber, #43278)
In reply to: printk() indexing by Cyberax
Parent article: printk() indexing

That aspect is definitely more convenient for English-speaking developers, but it sounds like Fluent's approach results in better outcomes for people viewing the translations?

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printk() indexing

Posted May 29, 2021 3:17 UTC (Sat) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link]

Not really. gettext supports the same features: multiple plural forms, inflections, etc. In much the same way as Fluent, actually. I'm a native Russian speaker, so I've actually encountered most of the translation-based complications.

See here: https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/Tra...

gettext definitely shows its age, the PO files are poorly designed, the toolchain is somewhat clunky, etc. You can just feel that it's software from 90-s. But the core feature of NOT externalizing the messages is still genius.