Hi Tristan,
I think that currently we always use i18n macro _("xx") for all our strings -
or we are supposed to.
As you have noticed, this is sometimes useless, particularly when the string is
not subject to
translation.
Maintainers, must we not use _() macro for non-translatable string ?
I don't know if there was such a rule, but this is not clear at least to me.
Actually there is a rule, or at least a guidance:
http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html#Internationalization
Using GNU gettext involves putting a call to the
gettext macro around each string that might need
translation—like this:
printf (gettext ("Processing file `%s'..."));
Ie, "gettext()" or its abbreviation "_()" should only be used for
strings that might need translation. Where translation is unnecessary,
it should not be used.
Cheers
Nick
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