Re: [Synaptic-devel] Re: Other Gettext issues in the General tab

[Jean-Michel POURE]

Le Mercredi 26 Novembre 2003 14:20, Michael Vogt a écrit :
> This is a problem. We use two different labels for the "Size: " and
> the the size itself. We do this, because this way we can make sure
> that the layout of the labels in aligned.
>
> Do you know how e.g. nautilus deals with this problem? The common tab
> is modeled after the properties window in nautilus (click on file with
> the right mouse button in nautilus and then select "properties" to see
> a example).
>
> For the Size extension (like kb, Mb). Would it be go to build a table
> like this:
> _("kb"), _("Mb"), _("Gb"), _("Tb"), _("Pb"), _("Eb"), _("Zb"), _("Yb")
>
> for the various sizes?

Really, I have no idea. No need to build a table, it will not support RTL.

Personaly, I would look for a solution in the Gettext direction. Maybe you 
should run hard-code Gettext calls before opening the Dialog and then display 
a variable. Is it possible?

Cheers,
Jean-Michel