merged branch tacker/patch-1 (PR #44)

Commits ------- e7109cc Added clarification of placeholder usage in gettext msgids. Discussion ---------- Added clarification of placeholder usage in gettext msgids.
twigphp · Jan 22, 2012 · 1dfff8e · 1dfff8e
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diff --git a/doc/i18n.rst b/doc/i18n.rst
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ In a translatable string, you can embed variables:
         Hello {{ name }}!
     {% endtrans %}
 
+During the gettext lookup these placeholders are converted. ``{{ name }}`` becomes ``%name%`` so the gettext ``msgid`` for this string would be ``Hello %name%!``.
+
 .. note::
 
     ``{% trans "Hello {{ name }}!" %}`` is not a valid statement.