Ubuntu
glib2.0 package

.desktop files on desktop do not use translations

Bug #95883 reported by chickennuggetburger
4
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
glib2.0 (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Martin Pitt

Bug Description

I downloaded and burned the Ubuntu 7.04 Beta.

I put the CD in my CD-rom drive and rebootet. At the cd-start screen I selected "German" as language, and the menu changed correctly into German.

But there is a fatal translation error on the desktop. The menu on the upper side of the screen is correct, but the files on the desktop! "Install" and "Examples", but that's not very good when you selected German.

So I think it's important to change it so "Installieren" and "Beispiele", because when you select German in the boot menu, you should get a German desktop.

And I do not know if everyone knows that "Install" and "Installieren" means the same here in Germany...

Tags: pet-bug
Revision history for this message
Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Indeed. The ubiquity .desktop file ('Install') does contain the translations, as well as a link to the .mo file, but nautilus does not seem to use translations for .desktop files on the desktop itself.

'Examples' is not a desktop file, just a normal directory, and thus cannot be translated.

Changed in language-support-de:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
Martin Pitt (pitti)
Changed in nautilus:
assignee: nobody → pitti
status: Confirmed → In Progress
Revision history for this message
Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported, but feel free to report any other bugs you find.

Changed in nautilus:
importance: Undecided → Low
status: In Progress → Rejected
Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
Changed in nautilus:
status: Rejected → Confirmed
Martin Pitt (pitti)
Changed in nautilus:
status: Confirmed → In Progress
Revision history for this message
Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Confirmed with other desktop, when the correspond .mo is not available the Name[locale] is not used

Revision history for this message
Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Confirmed with an other desktop (gedit), when the correspondin .mo is not available the Name[locale] is not used

Revision history for this message
Jesus Gamio (jgamio) wrote :

Martin as you said

>>> 'Examples' is not a desktop file, just a normal directory, and thus cannot be translated. <<<

What happen if just run a small script only the first time after the installation.

Where:
Change the directory name by the install language selected.

Revision history for this message
Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

This got fixed in Jaunty with the rearranged gettext support for .desktop files.

Changed in nautilus:
status: In Progress → Fix Released
To post a comment you must log in.
This report contains Public information  
Everyone can see this information.
Subscribing...

Other bug subscribers

Remote bug watches

Bug watches keep track of this bug in other bug trackers.