wish: fixed font option in translation forms

[Jorge Juan]

When translating some strings, most commonly help text embedded in shell commands, having a fixed font used in the translation forms would be very useful because these strings are often formated to be displayed in a terminal (fixed font, 80 columns).

Would it be possible to include a switch in the form that says something like "Use 80 columns fixed font form (useful to translate terminal output)". When the switch is activated, the form would change font and columns.

I am sorry my technical knowledge cannot provide implementation details :)

Thanks

[Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)]

Possibly we should use a fixed-width font for all translation fields, because in translations it's extra-important to ensure that you're typing the correct characters.

[Jorge Juan (jjchico)]

I agree. Still, the 80 column option/indicator would be very useful as well.

2008/4/11, Matthew Paul Thomas <email address hidden>:
> Possibly we should use a fixed-width font for all translation fields,
> because in translations it's extra-important to ensure that you're
> typing the correct characters.
>
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Jorge Juan

[Jeroen T. Vermeulen (jtv)]

Marking this Wishlist since there are client-side workarounds: use a custom stylesheet, or for Firefox at least, the It's All Text plugin which adds a button to textareas that fires up your favourite text editor.