Problems with translated messages length

[Carlos Dávila]

Hello all
I'm translating parts of grass into Spanish and I'm finding the next
problem: many messages in Spanish are longer than original ones in
English and in some cases they appear cut in the GUI, for example within
buttons, title bars, etc. They can't be seen even maximising the window
when possible. Is there any possibility to enlarge windows or buttons
with such problems?
I don't know if the list admits attachments, but I try, to show a couple
of cases.

Regards
Carlos

[Glynn Clements]

Carlos Dávila wrote:

> I'm translating parts of grass into Spanish and I'm finding the next
> problem: many messages in Spanish are longer than original ones in
> English and in some cases they appear cut in the GUI, for example within
> buttons, title bars, etc. They can't be seen even maximising the window
> when possible. Is there any possibility to enlarge windows or buttons
> with such problems?

Dialogs should let labels size themselves based upon the text which
they contain, rather than forcing a specific size.

If you encounter cases where the size of a label is fixed, I suggest
submitting a bug report via the bug tracker, clearly identifying which
label is at fault.

The issue with messages not fitting in the title bars is a different
matter. It isn't practical for an application to enlarge windows to
match the title text; apart from anything else, the application
doesn't know which font the window manager will use for titles.

The only solution is to keep titles short; e.g. an error dialog should
simplay have "error" for the title, not the complete message. Again,
this should be filed as a bug via the bug tracker.

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Glynn Clements <[hidden email]>

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