[Freeciv-Dev] Re: po-files are too big (PR#561)

[Gaute B Strokkenes <gs234@xxxxxxxxx>]

Erik Sigra <freeciv@xxxxxxx> writes:

> Gaute B Strokkenes wrote:
> > 
> > Sure, but that doesn't make it any more relevant to the Freeciv
> > pofiles.  The largest one (pl.po) is just over 400kb.
> 
> It was just an example. I sure believe that future translators will
> have judgement enough to interpret it adequately. What value would
> you prefer? Do you want to update the web page every time the size
> of the largest po-file changes? Maybe you want the web server to
> insert the value dynamically into the helptext based on information
> from the cvs repository (+10%)?

You know, font-lock-maximum-size is set to a low value by default for
very good reasons.  Whether you believe it or not, that reason is not
just to annoy you: font-lock consumes a lot of resources, particularly
if you're using the full bells and whistles.  I think that the emacs
maintainers know what they're doing, and that there's no point in
trying to outsmart them.  I also think that the pofiles are not likely
to balloon in the immediate future.  Half a megabyte would be about
right, I think.

> > [Long and ugly default .emacs from SuSE snipped.]
> > That's pretty ugly; I'm glad Debian has a more sane setup.
> 
> I have tried to install Debian 2 times! The first time was the 4th
> February when I moved into an appartment with internet connection. I
> had seen Unix for the first time on the 27th January (the
> programming course) so I wanted to try Linux. My first experience
> with Linux was the Debian install. Not very pleasant! I ended up
> with Redhat. After I few months I screwed up. In the summer I bought
> a new harddisk to make another try with Linux. I tried Debian again
> but didn't get past the install (that pseudo-CD image kit made me
> crazy). This time I ended up with SuSE.

When I installed Debian two years and a couple of versions ago, I had
no experience with any unixoid systems whatsoever.  Somehow I managed.
I'm not blaming you for using SuSE, though.

> Emacs is not very user-friendly either. A message like
> 
> "Fontifying XX.po...variable font-lock-maximum-size too small"
> 
> would have been much more helpfull than
> 
> "Fontifying XX.po...buffer too big"

Don't blame me.  You might want to consider reporting this as a bug.
The emacs maintainers genreally take all bugs quite seriously,
including documentation bugs.  Use M-x report-emacs-bug to make a bug
report, or look in the documentation.  

-- 
Big Gaute (not to be confused with LG)
..  here I am in 53 B.C. and all I want is a dill pickle!!