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commit 54217ea5001e4e3846e6057e69c515fe8343c0ba
parent ba38d61f225614bbd2ea9d5ff61d7b8373bdfcb0
Author: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>
Date:   Tue,  5 Apr 2016 16:29:36 +0200

i18n: advise the translators about the maximum length of some strings

Diffstat:
M
src/files.c
 | 
9
++++-----

1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/files.c b/src/files.c
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ void set_modified(void)
 	return;
 
     if (openfile->lock_filename == NULL) {
-	/* TRANSLATORS: Try to keep this at most 76 characters. */
+	/* TRANSLATORS: Keep the next two messages at most 76 characters. */
 	statusbar(_("Warning: Modifying a file which is not locked,"
 			" check directory permission?"));
     } else {
@@ -934,13 +934,12 @@ void read_file(FILE *f, int fd, const char *filename, bool undoable, bool checkw
 
     if (format == 3) {
 	if (writable)
-	    statusbar(
-		P_("Read %lu line (Converted from DOS and Mac format)",
+	    statusbar(P_("Read %lu line (Converted from DOS and Mac format)",
 		"Read %lu lines (Converted from DOS and Mac format)",
 		(unsigned long)num_lines), (unsigned long)num_lines);
 	else
-	    statusbar(
-		P_("Read %lu line (Converted from DOS and Mac format - NO write permission)",
+	    /* TRANSLATORS: Keep the next handful of messages at most 76 characters long. */
+	    statusbar(P_("Read %lu line (Converted from DOS and Mac format - NO write permission)",
 		"Read %lu lines (Converted from DOS and Mac format - NO write permission)",
 		(unsigned long)num_lines), (unsigned long)num_lines);
     } else if (format == 2) {