[opensource-dev] Review Request: STORM-465 Missing Strings from strings.xml

Kent Quirk q at lindenlab.com
Wed Feb 2 14:19:52 PST 2011



> On Feb. 2, 2011, 8:56 a.m., Kent Quirk wrote:
> > So I have a couple of issues with this patch:
> > 
> > * I'm worried about the translation impact, how these strings are used and where. Should they be localized? Should they not be localized? I find it hard to believe that we ONLY need to translate Home and End. 
> > * The "1" key is duplicated. Are there others? 
> > * I think the single-letter keys should be placed in a more useful order so that we can easily find missing items. Keyboard order (especially since keyboards differ) is not good enough.
> > * I'm worried about the naming convention; single-letter names (ahem, yes, I know who's talking here) can be rather ambiguous. It's probably the easiest fix -- anything else may require much more extensive changes -- but I'm worried about this. Is this fix robust under localization?
> > 
> > I haven't had time to investigate these issues yet; does someone else have the knowledge to discuss?
> >
> 
> Vadim ProductEngine wrote:
>     1) AFAIU, only those keys need translation that are currrently used in menu shortcuts (see menu_*.xml).
>        We don't know in advance what keys we're gonna use in future shortcuts, so it makes sense to make them all localizable.
>     2) Thanks, the "1" is indeed duplicated. Looks like a copy&paste issue.
>     3) Ok, the order doesn't matter to me. I can change it if you want.
>     4) I borrowed the naming style from existing code (see llkeyboard.cpp). Moreover, we tried adding "Key_" prefix to key names for the same reasons  as you say, but had to roll that change back because it had broken translation of older shortcuts (see comments in STORM-362).

I would like to see a revised changeset please, reflecting 2 and 3. I'm happy with your responses to 1 and 4.


- Kent


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On Jan. 19, 2011, 8:30 a.m., Vadim ProductEngine wrote:
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> (Updated Jan. 19, 2011, 8:30 a.m.)
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> Review request for Viewer.
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> Summary
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> Made all keys localizable.
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> This addresses bug STORM-465.
>     http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/STORM-465
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> Diffs
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>   indra/newview/skins/default/xui/en/strings.xml 38465c40c060 
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> Diff: http://codereview.secondlife.com/r/108/diff
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> Testing
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> Tested on Linux. No keys produce the warning for me.
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> Thanks,
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> Vadim
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