GVim desktop entry is not translatable

Bug #453100 reported by David Planella
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Ubuntu Translations
Triaged
Low
Unassigned
vim (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: vim

The desktop entry in Applications > Accessories > GVim Text Editor appears untranslated in all languages and cannot be translated.

This is due to the desktop file being shipped with static translations in the source package (debian/gvim.desktop), but only for the "Comment" section.

Ideally, the file should be renamed to gvim.desktop.in, translations removed (they should be in the PO files anyway) and the Name and Comment section be prefixed with an underscore for their strings to be extracted by intltool and merged into the POT template.

Additionally, in order for them to be translatable in Launchpad and used in the distro, the 'X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain' key should be added to the .desktop.in file (see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDevelopment/Internationalisation#Desktop%20Entries)

Adi Roiban (adiroiban)
Changed in ubuntu-translations:
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in vim (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
David Planella (dpm)
Changed in ubuntu-translations:
status: Confirmed → Triaged
status: Triaged → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Low
David Planella (dpm)
Changed in ubuntu-translations:
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Daniel Hahler (blueyed)
Changed in vim (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: Confirmed → Triaged
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