[QGIS-trac] Re: [Quantum GIS] #485: Add comments for translators to distinguish tool names with tooltips

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#485: Add comments for translators to distinguish tool names with tooltips
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   Reporter:  maris.gis@…                            |              Owner:  nobody       
       Type:  enhancement                            |             Status:  new          
   Priority:  minor: annoyance                       |          Milestone:  Version 1.7.0
  Component:  Translations and internationalisation  |            Version:  Trunk        
   Keywords:                                         |   Platform_version:               
   Platform:  All                                    |           Must_fix:  No           
Status_info:  0                                      |  
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Comment(by borysiasty):

 If you have the source code installed and your .ts file contains
 <location> tags , linguist shows you precise location of the string: a
 dialog preview for strings coming from .ui files and suitable fragment of
 the code for strings coming from cpp files.

 Another problem is the "Dialog" you mentioned. String context is a class
 name. While all core qgis classes have reasonable names, many classes in
 plugins have default name "Dialog" or similar. Plugin authors are usually
 not translators so they aren't aware the problem. I'm trying to ask them
 for renaming, but it's a big effort to change names in a big plugin, so my
 bothering seems to be too weak ;-) Please address this request for
 particular authors, e.g. by creating a tickets for all affected core
 plugins.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/485#comment:5>
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