Document the need for %-style escape sequences in translations to match those in the original message.

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Dianne Skoll
2024-12-11 13:42:49 -05:00
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@@ -472,7 +472,16 @@ to standard output and then exit.
.B \-\-print-errs
The \fB\-\-print-errs\fR option causes \fBRemind\fR to print all possible
error messages to standard output and then exit. The messages are printed
in a format suitable for the first argument of a TRANSLATE command.
in a format suitable for the first argument of a TRANSLATE command. If
you TRANSLATE the error messages, then \fBRemind\fR will use the translated
versions when outputting error and warning messages.
.RS
.PP
Note that if an untranslated message contains printf-style formatting
sequences like "%s" or "%d", then the translated message \fImust\fR
contain the same sequences in the same order, or \fBRemind\fR will
ignore it and use the original untranslated message.
.RE
.TP
.B \-\-print-config-cmd
This option causes \fBRemind\fR to print the exact \fB./configure\fR