Explain why empty strings should not be marked for translation.
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2002-02-17 Philipp Thomas <pthomas@suse.de>
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* doc/tm.texi: Explain why empty strings should not be
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marked for translation.
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2002-02-17 Philipp Thomas <pthomas@suse.de>
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* final.c (output_operand_lossage): Changed to accept
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@ -687,7 +687,11 @@ string is present but empty, then no help information will be displayed
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for that option, but it will not count as an undocumented option. The
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actual option name is made by appending @samp{-m} to the specified name.
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Non-empty description strings should be marked with @code{N_(@dots{})} for
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@command{xgettext}. In addition to the description for @option{--help},
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@command{xgettext}. Please do not mark empty strings because the empty
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string is reserved by GNU gettext. @code{gettext("")} returns the header entry
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of the message catalog with meta information, not the empty string.
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In addition to the description for @option{--help},
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more detailed documentation for each option should be added to
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@file{invoke.texi}.
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@ -713,8 +717,12 @@ options that have values. Its definition is an initializer with a
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subgrouping for each command option.
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Each subgrouping contains a string constant, that defines the fixed part
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of the option name, the address of a variable, and a description string
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(which should again be marked with @code{N_(@dots{})}).
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of the option name, the address of a variable, and a description string.
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Non-empty description strings should be marked with @code{N_(@dots{})} for
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@command{xgettext}. Please do not mark empty strings because the empty
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string is reserved by GNU gettext. @code{gettext("")} returns the header entry
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of the message catalog with meta information, not the empty string.
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The variable, type @code{char *}, is set to the variable part of the
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given option if the fixed part matches. The actual option name is made
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by appending @samp{-m} to the specified name. Again, each option should
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