[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #10069: HTML entities won't always work in JavaScript messages

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#10069: HTML entities won't always work in JavaScript messages
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 Reporter:  xibe          |       Owner:  nbachiyski
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new       
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  2.8       
Component:  i18n          |     Version:  2.8       
 Severity:  normal        |    Keywords:            
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 A bug has re-surfaced during a community test of the fr_FR translation for
 2.8-RC1.

 The fr_FR translation uses many HTML entites, and under certain conditions
 (have yet to determine them), they break the JS message.

 Original string:
   "You are about to delete the selected categories.\n"

   "  'Cancel' to stop, 'OK' to delete."
 fr_FR translation:
   "Vous êtes sur le point de supprimer la catégorie sélectionnée.\n"

   "  « Annuler » pour abandonner, « OK » pour
 supprimer."

 The reporter's [http://pastie.textmate.org/453998 proposed patch] involves
 correcting the POT (by using UTF-8 characters directly instead of HTML
 entities) for these strings:
   "Vous êtes sur le point de supprimer les catégories sélectionnées.\n"

   "  « Annuler » pour abandonner, « OK » pour supprimer."

 While this is eaasily done, I wonder why it should boy under some
 conditions and not others - and thus, if it could not be corrected in
 order to work under all conditions.

 This needs some testing (browsers, OS...), which I will report here when I
 have more time...

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