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Re: [babel-translators] Ampersand use

You don't have to use the original mnemonic character in the string. But, before you change it to another mnemonic character, you have to know where the string is being used and check if there are any conflicts.

For example, "&File" is translated to "&Datei" in German. But, before we choose "D" as the mnemonic character, we have to check if it's conflicting the mnemonic characters for "Edit", "Source", "Window", "Help", etc.

Keeping the original mnemonic character wherever possible will minimize the possibility of conflicts because we know (supposedly tested) that we do not have conflicts in English.

Note: even if there are conflicts (2 of the same mnemonics in the same pulldown menu), it's still okay. Most OS will cycle through the choices and highlight the selection when you press the mnemonic again. Of course, it's better not to have any conflicts to avoid confusion.

Kit Lo
IBM Eclipse SDK Globalization Technical Lead
Eclipse Babel Project Co-lead


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Hi,

I have noticed that with some translations of words using ampersand, like those used on menus, the word translated does not have the original character with ampersand.

ex: &Prefetch all Schemas from database. -> &Buscar todos os esquemas do banco de dados.  In this example, the word Buscar does not have the P character.

Will Eclipse interpret any character in the menu item, or the character must be equal to the original?

Is there any rule to deal with this issue?

Cheers,

Paulo Moreira


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