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* ''_sc(char *, char *)'' - Another way to mark static string constants. It attaches the string to a context so that we can have different translations for the same string. The second argument is the context. | * ''_sc(char *, char *)'' - Another way to mark static string constants. It attaches the string to a context so that we can have different translations for the same string. The second argument is the context. | ||
* ''DECLARE_TRANSLATION_ADDITIONAL_CONTEXT(char *, char *)'' - Declare a string (first argument) to translate in a given context (second argument). | * ''DECLARE_TRANSLATION_ADDITIONAL_CONTEXT(char *, char *)'' - Declare a string (first argument) to translate in a given context (second argument). | ||
An example to illustrate the difference between _() and _s(): | |||
_() is a function, and is used within code. So it's used in cases like this: | |||
foo("Bar"); --> foo(_("Bar")); | |||
_s() is a wrapper, used with static string constants. So it's used in cases like this: | |||
char *foo { | |||
_s("bar"), | |||
_s("baz") | |||
}; | |||
If you want to give some additional explanations to the translators, or your string could be understood in a different ways, it is recommended to precede it with a comment tagged I18N. | If you want to give some additional explanations to the translators, or your string could be understood in a different ways, it is recommended to precede it with a comment tagged I18N. | ||