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GettextFFS plurals break when translation contains |
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Description

KDE uses |/| in translations, but | can also exist for other reasons.

Ideas:

  • Use alternative symbol if | is needed
  • Require escaping of | inside translations

Version: unspecified
Severity: normal

Details

Reference
bz38479

Event Timeline

bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Medium.Nov 22 2014, 12:48 AM
bzimport set Reference to bz38479.
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Lasse, I've added this bug to https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mentorship_programs/Possible_projects#Extensive_and_robust_localisation_file_format_coverage. Would you be able to help a student by reviewing contributions such as a patch for this bug? If yes please add yourself there as co-mentor, then we'll be able to mark it featured.