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Auria
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by Auria » Mon May 21, 2007 8:10 pm
I am writing an app in unicode, with i18n. I use unicode characters, written like _("blah blah \u00FC blah blah")
however, when i extract the translation with gettext, it leaves the \u00FC in plain text, and when i run my app the translation is not reckoniez because of this. I have found a workaround by editing the text in the .po file and replacing the unicode escape sequences by the actual character, but does anyone know a way to make it work correctly without involving me editing even the original entries and not only the translation? thanks
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by swapd0 » Tue May 22, 2007 8:30 am
For unicode applications you must use _T() instead of _().
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by mispunt » Tue May 22, 2007 9:03 am
swapd0 wrote:For unicode applications you must use _T() instead of _().
That is not true. _T() is to tell i18n to NOT translate, _() will translate.
OS: win XP pro
Compiler: MingW
wxWidgets version: 2.6.2
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by swapd0 » Tue May 22, 2007 9:15 am
mispunt wrote:swapd0 wrote:For unicode applications you must use _T() instead of _().
That is not true. _T() is to tell i18n to NOT translate, _() will translate.
Someone have tried to use both macros?
Maybe you must write something like this, _T(_("foo")) or this _(_T("foo")) ?
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by redrgreen » Tue May 22, 2007 10:27 am
The library must be complied with wxUSE_UNICODE set to 1 which is not the default did you do this? Also I think swapd0 is correct _T() or wxT() is the correct option, not _()
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by Auria » Tue May 22, 2007 3:07 pm
redrgreen wrote:The library must be complied with wxUSE_UNICODE set to 1 which is not the default did you do this? Also I think swapd0 is correct _T() or wxT() is the correct option, not _()
Yes of course i did
Tne app works fine, it's just that gettext doesnt reckognize the unicode chars when i extract strings to translate them. as i said i am able to fix it manually but its annoying
EDIT 13-04-2010 : marking this as closed, years after the initial post. the solution is of course to encode the source files as unicode instead of using backslash-U escapes