[calvin_42]

Hi there!

(note : backslashes are removed on the forum, so “n” is “backslash-n”)

I have a problem concerning the translation using the po/mo files. Everything works fine except for the emails content because of the new lines. Not the \n new line, but real new lines in code, as for example the file bp-groups-notifications.php:21 :

`
$message = sprintf( __(
‘Group details for the group “%s” were updated:

To view the group: %s

---

‘, ‘buddypress’ ), $group->name, $group_link );
`

Using Poedit myself or using the official translations (french in my case) generates the same po entry :

`
#: bp-groups/bp-groups-notifications.php:23
#, php-format
msgid “”
“Group details for the group “%s” were updated:n”
“n”
“To view the group: %sn”
“n”
”

---

n”
msgstr “”
“Les options de la famille “%s” ont été mises à jour:n”
“n”
“Accéder à la famille: %sn”
“n”
”

---

n”
`

In run time, the match is not made and therefore the content is not translated. The only way will be to add_filters to modify the email content, replacing the real new lines by n.

Any idea how to solve it ?

Thanks!

[calvin_42]

Up!

Any idea ?

[Paul Wong-Gibbs]

It’s best to ask someone more used to the translations format; I’ve not heard about this issue before. What about trying the wp-polyglots mailing list?

[Boris]

Yup, that’s a known problem. Rather than using actual line breaks in strings, using `n` and keeping everything on one line resolves this issue.
Something like this will work:
`Group details for the group “%s” were updated:nnTo view the group: %s`

[calvin_42]

Thanks for the feedback. I didn’t found an existing ticket, so I’ve created #2703 (https://trac.buddypress.org/ticket/2703).

[Aphrodite]

waiting for that…

an update of the pot file with poedit on 1.2.6 from source added 683 stings of text, but some not correct such as variable strings.

And I confirm the issue that at least all notifications mails are not in the pot file by default.