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@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2013-05-07 Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com> + + * manual/message.texi (Message Translation): Talk about users. + Message to key mapping impacts design. + 2013-05-06 Roland McGrath <roland@hack.frob.com> * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/wordsize-64/glob64.c: New file. diff --git a/manual/message.texi b/manual/message.texi index ea5e1a1326..bb5b11bc6f 100644 --- a/manual/message.texi +++ b/manual/message.texi @@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ @c %MENU% How to make the program speak the user's language @chapter Message Translation -The program's interface with the human should be designed in a way to -ease the human the task. One of the possibilities is to use messages in -whatever language the user prefers. +The program's interface with the user should be designed to ease the user's +task. One way to ease the user's task is to use messages in whatever +language the user prefers. Printing messages in different languages can be implemented in different ways. One could add all the different languages in the source code and @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ map a given key to the translated message @end itemize The two approaches mainly differ in the implementation of this last -step. The design decisions made for this influences the whole rest. +step. Decisions made in the last step influence the rest of the design. @menu * Message catalogs a la X/Open:: The @code{catgets} family of functions. |