[haiku-bugs] Re: [Haiku] #7767: Change "Do it" to a proper verb in Tracker Dialogs

  • From: "jscipione" <trac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2011 21:41:28 -0000

#7767: Change "Do it" to a proper verb in Tracker Dialogs
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   Reporter:  jscipione             |      Owner:  axeld
       Type:  enhancement           |     Status:  closed
   Priority:  normal                |  Milestone:  R1
  Component:  Applications/Tracker  |    Version:  R1/Development
 Resolution:  fixed                 |   Keywords:  UI
 Blocked By:                        |   Blocking:
Has a Patch:  1                     |   Platform:  All
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Comment (by jscipione):

 Replying to [comment:13 axeld]:
 > Replying to [comment:11 jscipione]:
 > > I'll add .Capitalize().String() to the all instances of
 %toConfirmAction because button labels are mixed-case by convention no
 matter how your language normally works right?
 >
 > Well, no. When dealing with this sort of stuff, the rules are simple:
 >  * Don't assume anything about a certain language.
 >  * What you can do in the translation, don't do in code.
 >
 > FWIW Capitalize() definitely won't work correctly with right-to-left
 strings, just to give you a heads up :-)

 Okay, no longer calling Capitalize() on the Button Label strings as of
 r43181.

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