msgfmt not able to handle CR??

[sdp]

I have a resource file in which i keep all my strings used in the application. Some of the strings have \n in them, as I want the strings to be displayed in different lines.

When I use msgfmt to get the .mo file, I get the error saying "invalid control sequence" and the .po doesn't get compiled.

ex:
STRTABLE{
/* FIRST_STRING*/ _("display this is line 1.\n\n\
display this in line2")
}

enum {
FIRST_STRING
}

my code has:
wxStaticTextVar->SetLabel(STRTABLE[FIRST_STRING]);

I am using poedit. I have to convert this to German. I did my own translation for the string. I got the .po file.

But, msgfmt doesn't like the control characters \n\n in the translated string. If I remove those, then everything is fine, but then, the string doesn't show up in 2 lines in the localized German UI as I wanted.


I would appreciate if anyone can suggest how to make this work.

thanks,
shailesh

[chris]

Hi,

STRTABLE{
/* FIRST_STRING*/ _("display this is line 1.\n\n\
display this in line2")
}

Did you try write that in a single line like

STRTABLE{
/* FIRST_STRING*/ _("display this is line 1.\n\ndisplay this in line2")
}

?

Chris

[Dummy]

Hi,

if you want to write a string in 2 lines - in my opinion - you have to write it in this way:

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_("display this is line 1.\n\n"
  "display this in line2")

Try it