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| author | Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> | 2023-03-16 00:11:20 +0100 |
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| committer | Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> | 2023-03-16 00:11:20 +0100 |
| commit | 6fabdc10e3fe51d660517c42da6217d63071f32b (patch) | |
| tree | 5bd318c50f59ef5adf5cf67eae8528491205ac93 | |
| parent | eea9d109d1eb81d5ea2e5e63848d9b123073a238 (diff) | |
| download | gettext-6fabdc10e3fe51d660517c42da6217d63071f32b.tar.gz | |
doc: Add a clarification.
Reported by Christian Ohm <chr.ohm@gmx.net>
in <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?36084>.
* gettext-tools/doc/gettext.texi (c-format Flag): Clarify that an xgettext:...
comment applies only to the next string.
| -rw-r--r-- | gettext-tools/doc/gettext.texi | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gettext-tools/doc/gettext.texi b/gettext-tools/doc/gettext.texi index d50b96969..610b3960e 100644 --- a/gettext-tools/doc/gettext.texi +++ b/gettext-tools/doc/gettext.texi @@ -2648,7 +2648,9 @@ the @code{c-format} flag. This kind of comment should be used when @code{xgettext} does not recognize the string as a format string but it really is one and it should be tested. Please note that when the comment is in the same line as the @code{gettext} keyword, it must be -before the string to be translated. +before the string to be translated. Also note that a comment such as +@code{xgettext:c-format} applies only to the first string in the same +or the next line, not to multiple strings. This situation happens quite often. The @code{printf} function is often called with strings which do not contain a format specifier. Of course |