[Freeciv-Dev] [Fwd: Re: Error in data/Freeciv:73 (PR#4667)]

["Jason Short" <jdorje@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Subject: Re: [Freeciv-Dev] Error in data/Freeciv:73 (PR#4667)
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2003 02:54:40 +0200
From: Erik Sigra <sigra@xxxxxxx>
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To: jdorje@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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torsdagen den 24 juli 2003 22.56 skrev Jason Short:
> Erik Sigra wrote:
> > torsdagen den 24 juli 2003 21.28 skrev Jason Short:
> >>Erik Sigra wrote:
> >>>torsdagen den 24 juli 2003 18.02 skrev Jason Short:
> >>>>Erik Sigra wrote:
> >>>>>The file data/Freeciv line 73 contains a call to gettext with an empty
> >>>>>string as argument.
> >>>>
> >>>>How can this be fixed?
> >>>
> >>>By removing the call to gettext or giving a nonempty string as argument.
> >>
> >>Removing the call to gettext is no good - the _() is just a marker, the
> >>translation occurs in code.  We'd have to change the code to check for
> >>the empty string - I don't know where this is.
> >>
> >>Changing to a nonempty string is possible, but what string?  What is
> >>this even used for?
> >
> > I don't know. This seems to be the change that caused it:
>
> [...]
>
> Hmm, Mike's commit.  I'll ask him when I get a chance.
>
> What about changing the string to " "?  It need not be marked for
> translation.

OK