What are the strings in Curly brackets {...}?

l10n
#1

well, the meaning can be deduced without what's within the brackets
...
            yet the bracketed information is there to add to the data.

       The same could be said for footnotes :wink:

       BTW - I was an English major & have written & edited many an
article :wink:

#2

I think what Safa meant was whether the curly brackets have any technical
meaning that we should be aware of. That is, whether they are treated in a
special way by the system.

And I believe that was a very good question. I am still looking forward to
someone giving a clear and full answer to it.

#3

I think what Safa meant was whether the curly brackets have any technical
meaning that we should be aware of. That is, whether they are treated in a
special way by the system.

And I believe that was a very good question. I am still looking forward to
someone giving a clear and full answer to it.

The full answer is:

>
> From: Urmas <davian818@gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, Nov 1, 2014 at 4:49 AM
> Subject: [libreoffice-l10n] Re: What are the strings in Curly brackets
> {...}?
> To: l10n@global.libreoffice.org
>
> They mark the part of the string which can be omitted if there is no
> [parameters] value available inside them.

Example:

The file [1] is being held in use {by the following process: [2]}.

Now if [2] resolves to "explorer.exe" for example, then the resulting
string will be printed as:

The file example.txt is being held in use by the following process:
explorer.exe.

But if [2] is not known and resolves to empty sting, then the resulting
string will be:

The file example.txt is being held in use.

#4

Oh, I forgot to send to the list…