[Freeciv-Dev] Re: lengthy button labels

[Christian Knoke <ChrisK@xxxxxxxx>]

Am Donnerstag, 23. August 2001 17:01 schrieb Karl-Ingo Friese:
> From: Karl-Ingo Friese <kif@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: freeciv-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: long button texts
>
> Hello again,
>
> it turned out that long texts are generaly a problem. However,
> I think the discussion to solve this could be cut short if the
> translators would be aware of the problem and we could agree to
> some standards.
>
> Even if not all buttons are of the same size, a button with the
> label "Karteneinsicht verbieten" will simply look ugly due to its
> size. I do believe that in most cases this can be shortened or at
> least split in two rows.

There are *limited* possibilities to shorten the translations, but
overall, languages like german will need more character space than
english. Just reserve some inches for the translators ;-)  e.g.
change a bunch of buttons into a popup menu.

>
> Solutions for this example:
> "Karteneinsicht aus"
> "Kartentausch aus"
> "K.Tausch aus"
> "Karte aus"
>
> Ingo

Please take into account, the translations have to be clear for 
newbies, not for expierienced players like you.

Regards,

Christian

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