[13:22] <belgianguy> hi, I'm interested in translating for Ubuntu
[13:22] <belgianguy> but I've had some odd experiences on Launchpad
[13:23] <belgianguy> I had been editing a terminal based template (which had indicators for both tabs and spaces), but when I saved my suggestion, it now displays without spaces, while I had placed them meticulously
[13:24] <belgianguy> I was wondering if for such templates it wouldn't be better to have a more visual guide
[13:25] <belgianguy> now I copied the template in sublime text and formatted it there, but such adornments do exist for websites as well
[13:26] <belgianguy> I Googled for a while, and found something called 'Ace Editor' http://ace.c9.io/#nav=about
[13:27] <belgianguy> that would correctly indent such templates and add more structure, as a wall of text in a textarea becomes a mess quite quickly
[13:28] <belgianguy> Another thing I noted was that there are several links to pages where 'preferred' translations are displayed
[13:30] <belgianguy> would it make sense to streamline such information, eg, something like a spell checker, but for often used words, something that could alert the user of their presence, and save him a few switches to the tabs where they are listed?
[13:33] <belgianguy> of course one cannot expect a translation to be interpreted, I merely mean something of a 2 column table below the original, stating the words that it found to match in your language
[13:36] <belgianguy> and could the submitting process be not more like something git does, but on the background? Eg when a user saves a new translation -> commit, and when a new suggestion comes in for that term -> pull request
[13:38] <belgianguy> Another thing I thought of was being able to copy the structure(spaces/tabs) but not the contents, eg mark them in red or green. Of course this isn't an exact science as words differ in each language, but it could be a good starting point, and perhaps only generate warnings rather than block submission when a violation is detected
[15:36] <belgianguy> anyone here?
[15:45] <sasa84> hi belgianguy
[15:46] <belgianguy> hi sasa84
[16:00] <belgianguy> sasa84: do you know if tabs and spaces are preserved when submitting translations in Launchpad?
[16:15] <sasa84> belgianguy, you men .po files?