[etoys-notify] [JIRA] Created: (SQ-680) Not using gettext plurals feature in etoys PO file

[Clytie Siddall (JIRA)]

Not using gettext plurals feature in etoys PO file
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                 Key: SQ-680
                 URL: http://tracker.squeakland.org/browse/SQ-680
             Project: squeakland
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: etoys
            Reporter: Clytie Siddall
             Fix For: etoys 5 and showcase


The etoys PO file on Pootle does not use the gettext plurals feature. For example:

#: Morphic-Games,FreeCellStatistics>>print:type:on:
msgid " loss"
msgstr ""

#: Morphic-Games,FreeCellStatistics>>print:type:on:
msgid " losses"
msgstr ""

#: Morphic-Games,FreeCellStatistics>>print:type:on:
msgid " win"
msgstr ""

#: Morphic-Games,FreeCellStatistics>>print:type:on:
msgid " wins"
msgstr ""

These strings should be presented like this:

msgid "loss"
msgid_plural "losses"

msgid "win"
msgid_plural "wins"

then the editor displays the number of msgstr fields required according to the PO file plurals header. Vietnamese, like most Asian languages, does not have plurals in this sense (0 plural cases). So I should only see one translation field for those two English strings. Some Eastern European languages have up to 7 plural cases.

See the Gettext manual section on plurals handling:
http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/Plural-forms.html#Plural-forms

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