Launchpad feedback/feature requests

[Christian Robottom Reis]

On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 10:40:25AM +0100, Danilo Šegan wrote:
> > - In the "translation" part, what on earth does Plural expression:
> > n==1 ? 0 : n==2 ? 1 : 2
> > mean? Irish has three forms - singular, dual and plural... I presume
> > it's related to that, but really, it could do with being clearer. If
> > it's something I'm meant to be able to use in translating, it's
> > definitely not working!
> 
> It's a GNU gettext formula for calculating the plural form, and it
> uses C language syntax for that.  From there, I can tell that the 3
> forms in Irish are:
> 
>   1. When number is 1, use the first form
>   2. When number is 2, use the second form
>   3. Otherwise, use the first form

You mean the third form, no?

> Maybe go through a list of numbers and see which entries match what
> cases, then display them as examples there?

We could offer at least a link to a page that explains how to read them.
A page which lists numbers and their translations would be a plus, but
somewhat more work.
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