[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#2374) multi-language client-server patch

["mateusz stefek via RT" <rt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dnia 2003.01.23 20:57 Jason Short via RT napisa³(a):
> 
> [rfalke - Thu Nov 21 17:00:09 2002]:
> 
> > + It works just like printf, but instead of '%' it uses
> > + '^' (We don't want to confuse msgfmt).
> 
> How does msgfmt get confused?  Is there any other way to avoid it
> besides changing the meta-character?

I checked it, and msgfmt is fine with %, sorry
But I'm worried about some autocheckers
which will see the 'c-format' tag and a bad printf format.

> Changing the meta-character will result in a large number of texts
> needing to be retranslated.  The new translation may just mean
> changing
> the meta-character of the MSGSTR, but I don't know how easy this
> process
> will be.
> 
> jason
> 
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mateusz