[GRASS-dev] message standardization on wiki

[Martin Landa]

Hi,

I have already updated the wiki page

http://grass.gdf-hannover.de/wiki/Development_Specs#Standard_messages_sandbox

Please feel free to add other suggestions... Thanks!

Martin

2007/4/11, Gerald Nelson <gnelson at uiuc.edu>:
> Does that mean I should do the editing or you already have? Jerry
>
> ---- Original message ----
> >Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 15:53:58 +0200
> >From: "Martin Landa" <landa.martin at gmail.com>
> >Subject: Re: [GRASS-dev] message standardization on wiki
> >To: "Gerald Nelson" <gnelson at uiuc.edu>
> >
> >Hi,
> >
> >2007/4/11, Gerald Nelson <gnelson at uiuc.edu>:
> >> Can I suggest the following rules
> >> 1. First letter should be capitalized
> >> 2. Use present tense (cannot instead of could not)
> >> 3. No contractions (cannot instead of can't)
> >> 4. Good sentence construction ("Cannot find input map <%s>" instead of "It could not be find input map <%s>")
> >> 5. Be consistent with periods. Either end all phrases with a period or none.
> >
> >wiki page updated ...
> >
> >Martin
> >
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Jerry
> >>
> >> ---- Original message ----
> >> >Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 15:07:21 +0200
> >> >From: "Martin Landa" <landa.martin at gmail.com>
> >> >Subject: [GRASS-dev] message standardization on wiki
> >> >To: grass-dev <grass-dev at grass.itc.it>, translations at grass.itc.it
> >> >
> >> >Hi all,
> >> >
> >> >updating Czech translation of GRASS I am suggesting some of standard
> >> >messages. There are lot of library functions which are very often used
> >> >(e.g. G_find_cell2() or G_find_vector2()), but messages are *very*
> >> >different, see
> >> >
> >> >http://grass.gdf-hannover.de/wiki/Development_Specs#Messages_Discussion
> >> >
> >> >Please feel free to extend the list of "standard messages", correct
> >> >existing (cannot -> could not?, ...), etc. then I will be happy to
> >> >change messages in GRASS code according this proposal.
> >> >
> >> >http://grass.gdf-hannover.de/wiki/Development_Specs#Standard_messages_sandbox
> >> >
> >> >also
> >> >
> >> >http://grass.gdf-hannover.de/wiki/Development_Specs#How_should_Errors.2FWarnings.2FMessages_be_formatted
> >> >
> >> >Not important, but really pain for GRASS translators...
> >> >
> >> >Martin
> >> >
> >> >--
> >> >Martin Landa <landa.martin at gmail.com> * http://gama.fsv.cvut.cz/~landa *
> >> >
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> >Martin Landa <landa.martin at gmail.com> * http://gama.fsv.cvut.cz/~landa *
> Gerald Nelson
> Professor, Dept. of Agricultural and Consumer Economics
> University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
> office: 217-333-6465
> cell: 217-390-7888
> 315 Mumford Hall
> 1301 W. Gregory
> Urbana, IL 61801
>


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