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| -rw-r--r-- | parse-options.c | 43 |
1 files changed, 40 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/parse-options.c b/parse-options.c index 33bfba0ed4..3ff6a5d1fa 100644 --- a/parse-options.c +++ b/parse-options.c @@ -1076,11 +1076,48 @@ static int usage_argh(const struct option *opts, FILE *outfile) !opts->argh || !!strpbrk(opts->argh, "()<>[]|"); if (opts->flags & PARSE_OPT_OPTARG) if (opts->long_name) - s = literal ? "[=%s]" : "[=<%s>]"; + /* + * TRANSLATORS: The "<%s>" part of this string + * stands for an optional value given to a command + * line option in the long form, and "<>" is there + * as a convention to signal that it is a + * placeholder (i.e. the user should substitute it + * with the real value). If your language uses a + * different convention, you can change "<%s>" part + * to match yours, e.g. it might use "|%s|" instead, + * or if the alphabet is different enough it may use + * "%s" without any placeholder signal. Most + * translations leave this message as is. + */ + s = literal ? "[=%s]" : _("[=<%s>]"); else - s = literal ? "[%s]" : "[<%s>]"; + /* + * TRANSLATORS: The "<%s>" part of this string + * stands for an optional value given to a command + * line option in the short form, and "<>" is there + * as a convention to signal that it is a + * placeholder (i.e. the user should substitute it + * with the real value). If your language uses a + * different convention, you can change "<%s>" part + * to match yours, e.g. it might use "|%s|" instead, + * or if the alphabet is different enough it may use + * "%s" without any placeholder signal. Most + * translations leave this message as is. + */ + s = literal ? "[%s]" : _("[<%s>]"); else - s = literal ? " %s" : " <%s>"; + /* + * TRANSLATORS: The "<%s>" part of this string stands for a + * value given to a command line option, and "<>" is there + * as a convention to signal that it is a placeholder + * (i.e. the user should substitute it with the real value). + * If your language uses a different convention, you can + * change "<%s>" part to match yours, e.g. it might use + * "|%s|" instead, or if the alphabet is different enough it + * may use "%s" without any placeholder signal. Most + * translations leave this message as is. + */ + s = literal ? " %s" : _(" <%s>"); return utf8_fprintf(outfile, s, opts->argh ? _(opts->argh) : _("...")); } |