l10n question: Is the word "display" meant in the X11 sense?

[Åsmund Skjæveland-4]

Is the word “display” as it appears in various strings in GDM meant to
be in the strict X11 sense, where “display”, “screen”, and “monitor” are
different things, or is it used in a more colloquial sense? I ask
because if it's an X11 term it can't be translated, but if not it must
be translated.

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Åsmund Skjæveland, Norwegian Nynorsk translator/reviewer/committer



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[Hans Petter Jansson]

On Sat, 2009-10-31 at 20:18 +0100, Åsmund Skjæveland wrote:

> Is the word “display” as it appears in various strings in GDM meant to
> be in the strict X11 sense, where “display”, “screen”, and “monitor” are
> different things, or is it used in a more colloquial sense? I ask
> because if it's an X11 term it can't be translated, but if not it must
> be translated.

I'm not sure a conscious decision has been made in all instances, but
having had a look at the strings, I think it'd be safest to assume that
it's being used in the strict X11 sense.

If you encounter a string that sounds like it's referring to a physical
display device (e.g. "What you see on your display..."), that is a good
indicator that it's being used in the colloquial sense, which could
warrant an exception.

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Hans Petter

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