Use gettext pluralization with strings connected with numbers [$15]

[Jernej Virag]

Currently all the strings connected with numbers in this indicator (e.g. day/days, minute/minutes, hour/hours, etc.) presume there are only two forms (singular and plural) for the translation. This is not true for many languages and thus a proper translation cannot be made at this time (the strings in those languages like Slovenian look equivalent to english "1 minutes").

Vala (and launchpad) already support proper pluralization tools from gettext (see https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/Plural-forms.html ) and using them for counting would make good translation possible.

[Maxim Taranov (png2378)]

Sorry, this bug remained unresolved.

[Danielle Foré (danrabbit)]

Maxim, can you elaborate? It seems to be addressed here http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~wingpanel-devs/wingpanel-indicator-power/trunk/revision/87

[Maxim Taranov (png2378)]

Daniel, I tried to understand, but could not. For some reason phrases "*until empty/*until full" not used from translation file. They are present in .pot & .po files (line #81 and below on https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~wingpanel-devs/wingpanel-indicator-power/trunk/view/head:/po/power-indicator.pot), but still it looks like in the screenshot (see attachment).

[Danielle Foré (danrabbit)]

Ah looks like we needed to "make pot" should be fixed now

[Maxim Taranov (png2378)]

https://www.bountysource.com/issues/24123482-use-gettext-pluralization-with-strings-connected-with-numbers

[Maxim Taranov (png2378)]

I found a similar problem with notifications-indicator. The day/hour/month strings are translated in po-files, but they are not used in the UI (so they are always in English, no matter what lolcalization you're using). The solution could be the same.