Re: About & simbols
Diego Bello <[email protected]>
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On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 6:37 AM, Andrea Celli <[email protected]> wrote: > 2010/1/7 Leandro Regueiro <[email protected]>: > >> We are starting to work on the Spanish translations and we have found > some > >> texts preceded by a "&" symbol in some .po files. It seems to make > reference > >> to system common strings or something like that, like "open", or > "tools". > >> > >> Should we translate them, keep or remove the "&", do nothing about it? > > > > The & marks the key that has to be pressed along the Alt key in order > > to select that item. For example, if you have "&File" as translation > > for the File menu, when you press Alt + F the File menu pops up. > > > > You should adapt it to you language when you translate, for example > "&Archivo". > > > > Bye > > > > Pay just attention to have not two or more &Axxxx in the same menu ;-) > You are not forced to use the first letter, you can also translate as > Ar&chivo. > > Andrea > Thanks andrea. I only see the & in the .po file and yes, we are careful with that. Is there any other file where I should look for & shortcuts? -- Diego Bello Carreño