Re: [Po4a-devel]Re: Translating NEWS.Debian files: a (crude) first try

On Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 08:51:20PM +0100, Jordi Vilalta wrote: [...] > Now I have some questions about how you want to show the messages: > > Should we attach "po4a::module_name" in front of all the messages? > And "po4a" for all that comes from the main program? > > If the message is more than one line long, how should the other lines > begin? with the same stamp (1), spaces (2) or nothing (3)? > > (1) > po4a::man: this is a test message, this is a test message, this is a > po4a::man: test message. IIRC this is the current implementation, but I for one do not like it. > (2) > po4a::man: this is a test message, this is a test message, this is a > test message. > > (3) > po4a::man: this is a test message, this is a test message, this is a > test message. If the madule name is short, I prefer 2 > 3 > 1. When it is long, either 3 > 2 > 1 or 2 > 3 > 1.

> For the errors, we should begin the messages with "file:line: " (the > gcc-like syntax). Should this appear just on the first line or in all the > lines of the message? > > Should these error messages also contain the module stamp commented above, > or we suppose that people already knows what module comes it from? If > affirmative, it should appear just in the first line (1) or in all (2)? > > (1) > file.doc:4: po4a::man: this is an example error, this is an example > file.doc:4: error, this is an example error > > (2) > file.doc:4: po4a::man: this is an example error, this is an example > file.doc:4: po4a::man: error, this is an example error As with module name, I believe that repeating filename and line numbers is not necessary and make error messages less readable. > You can also propose other styles. Thanks for your patience ;) Maybe file.doc:4: po4a::man this is an example error, this is an example error, this is an example error