* Bill Allombert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-04-19 22:48] :
> On Sun, Aug 20, 2006 at 08:28:26AM -0500, Christian Perrier wrote:
> > > GT5=$(gettext 'Incorrect password or command failed. Try again?')
> > > echo -n "${GT5} (${ANS})"
> > > read ans
> > > if [ ${FLAG} -eq 0 ] ; then
> > > if test "${ans}" != "y" -a "${ans}" != "Y"; then exit 1 ; fi
> > > elif [ ${FLAG} -eq 1 ] ; then
> > > if test "${ans}" != "j" -a "${ans}" != "J"; then exit 1 ; fi
> > > elif [ ${FLAG} -eq 2 ] ; then
> > > if test "${ans}" != "o" -a "${ans}" != "N"; then exit 1 ; fi
> > > fi
> > > }
> >
> > I'm not sure how to do it in shell programming, but this anyway
> > doesn't scale very well to other languages. The locale information
> > should be used here (the Yes/No shortcuts are part of locale
> > files....I'm however not aware of the exact way to use them).
>
> I have rewritten su-to-root to be more l10n-friendly by removing text
> duplication and using printf.
>
> I need two advices from the l10n experts:
> 1) the best way to check if gettext is available.
> 2) the best way to deal with the yes/no prompting above.
You should use "locale yesexpr" and "locale noexpr" to know which
characters represent yes and no in the current language. The prompting
"(y/n)" should be translated as usual (by translators).
Greetings,
Fred
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