Re: Grammatical forms in translatable texts

[Frank Heckenbach]

Akim Demaille wrote:

> > YYCASE_(2, YY_("syntax error.\nunexpected token: '%s'\nExpected token: 
> > '%s'"));
> > YYCASE_(3, YY_("syntax error.\nunexpected token: '%s'\nExpected token: '%s' 
> > or '%s'"));
> > YYCASE_(4, YY_("syntax error.\nunexpected token: '%s'\nExpected token: '%s' 
> > or '%s' or '%s'"));
> > YYCASE_(5, YY_("syntax error.\nunexpected token: '%s'\nExpected token: '%s' 
> > or '%s' or '%s' or '%s'"));
> 
> This is sooo different from what compilers do!  Not to mention
> that, for lack of a specific prefix, tools such as Emacs will
> not be able to highlight this part as belonging to a diagnostic.

That was my first thought, too. But I think the issue is mainly
about the line breaks. One could instead put the "form" in one line,
or Bison could insert the prefix in each line; of course, this would
require a bit of effort (finding the line breaks etc.), but seems
doable as well.

Regards,
Frank