LibreOffice name hardcoded

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#1

Hi

I noticed that the name LibreOffice is hardcoded in some places at least in the UI... Usually we use %PRODUCTNAME ...

e.g.
"Extension requires at least LibreOffice version %VERSION"

Regards

#2

Hi Olivier,

I noticed that the name LibreOffice is hardcoded in some places at least in
the UI... Usually we use %PRODUCTNAME ...

e.g.
"Extension requires at least LibreOffice version %VERSION"

This is exactly the same reason as for the OpenOffice.org string in
the other thread → see
http://www.mail-archive.com/l10n@global.libreoffice.org/msg03489.html

ciao
Christian

#3

Hi Christian

Hi Olivier,

I noticed that the name LibreOffice is hardcoded in some places at least in
the UI... Usually we use %PRODUCTNAME ...

e.g.
"Extension requires at least LibreOffice version %VERSION"

This is exactly the same reason as for the OpenOffice.org string in
the other thread → see
http://www.mail-archive.com/l10n@global.libreoffice.org/msg03489.html

ciao
Christian

Allow me to disagree in this case, although it comes close... If I rebrand LO as "WhateverOffice", then the string will be

"Extension requires at least WhateverOffice version %VERSION"

Or, in an attempt to remove ambiguities, we should say perhaps:

"Extension requires at least a version of WhateverOffice compatible with OpenOffice.org version %VERSION",

since we are still umbilically connected to our OOo mothercode, extension-wise.

Kind regards

#4

Hi Olivier,

I noticed that the name LibreOffice is hardcoded in some places at least
in
the UI... Usually we use %PRODUCTNAME ...

e.g.
"Extension requires at least LibreOffice version %VERSION"

This is exactly the same reason as for the OpenOffice.org string in
the other thread →  see
http://www.mail-archive.com/l10n@global.libreoffice.org/msg03489.html

Allow me to disagree in this case, although it comes close...

Well, everybody is entitled to his/her own opinion.

If I rebrand
LO as "WhateverOffice", then the string will be

"Extension requires at least WhateverOffice version %VERSION"

No. As you wrote yourself it is not using the placeholder, but
hardcodes LibreOffice.

Again: The extension doesn't care about what "brand" of the software
you're running - those things refer to the API compatibility as
"defined by the reference implementation LibreOffice <version>"

Or, in an attempt to remove ambiguities,  we should say perhaps:

"Extension requires at least a version of WhateverOffice compatible with
OpenOffice.org version %VERSION",

This use long for no specific reason. But yes, that is the meaning.
But that message is useless, as the user cannot tell what version of
"WhateverOffice" will correspond to that.

since we are still umbilically connected to our OOo mothercode,
extension-wise.

*still*. Yes. But just refer to the links I posted in the other
message. This explains why there is the need for both hardcoded
OpenOffice.org as well as LibreOffice strings.

Even your suggestion will not work without those hardcoded strings.
you would then just have an additional %PRODUCTNAME in the string.
I don't know whether that string is displayed in its own dialog (and
thus the length would not really matter) or whether it is displayed in
a single line in some statusarea of another dialog.

Feel free to suggest a change to
"Extension requires at least a version of %PRODUCTNAME compatible with
OpenOffice.org version %VERSION", and
"Extension requires at least a version of %PRODUCTNAME compatible with
LibreOffice version %VERSION"

So you can have an *additional* %PRODUCTNAME, but the hardcoded
OpenOffice.org or LibreOffice must stay.

ciao
Christian