GNU bug report logs - #75763
is the "note " particle in sort.c needed?

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg <at> telfort.nl>

Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 15:32:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg <at> telfort.nl>
To: 75763 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#75763: is the "note " particle in sort.c needed?
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 16:31:23 +0100
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Hi,

In src/sort.c there is this piece of code:

      error (0, 0,
             _("%snumbers use %s as a decimal point in this locale"),
             tab == decimal_point ? "" : _("note "),
             quote (((char []) {decimal_point, 0})));

What does "note " here mean?  Is it an adjective or a verb? Or
maybe something else?  And is it needed at all?

The thing is: it makes translating both strings hard, as it's
unclear for translators that they belong together.  Please
consider dropping the "note ", or changing the code to use
two separate, full messages, without fill-in words.


Benno
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