Re: How to handle &...; tags in docmessages?
Albert Astals Cid <[email protected]> Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:24:06 +0100
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El dissabte, 21 de febrer del 2026, a les 20:54:35 (Hora està ndard d’Europa central), Zayed Al-Saidi va escriure: > Hi, > > when I've started translating the docmessages, I found a lot of &...; > tags. After I read more about them, I understand I should not > translate them as they are DocBook Entities. > > Then I found the customization file for DocBook, here: > https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kdoctools/-/tree/master/src/customization > > I notice, there are no entities for application names there, like > &kcharselect; or &plasma; > > However, all the application names are in general.entities > https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kdoctools/-/blob/master/src/customization/ > entities/general.entities > > As my language is not written in English alphabets, How can I > translate the names? As far as I know nothing forces you to use the entities in the translation. You can sust translate &kcharselect; to "Whatever You want" Cheers, Albert > > Your guidance is highly appreciated. > > Regards, > Zayed