Description: The UI strings "columns number" and "columns spacing" are not proper English and their meanings are a bit unclear. The meanings might be "Number of columns" for the first one and "Spacing of columns" / "Column spacing" for the second, but I haven't checked. Steps to Reproduce: 1. See https://translations.documentfoundation.org/translate/libo_ui-master/svxmessages/en/?checksum=92c916f1dcce67a6 and https://translations.documentfoundation.org/translate/libo_ui-master/svxmessages/en/?checksum=bb377b5ca1b7931c Actual Results: The strings are not proper English. Expected Results: The strings are proper English and factually correct. Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info: n/a
Introduced by Mike in https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/116038 (no BZ reference). It could be "Number of columns" or "Column's Number". The first one is used in the accompanying dialog. Code pointer: include/svx/strings.hrc
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #1) > (no BZ reference) Mea culpa! :-) FTR: all my commits labelled "editengine-columns" are related to the feature implemented as a fix for bug 118458 and similar. The meta for further enhancements to that feature is bug 142729.
if you agree on: - Number of columns - Column spacing The change is in gerrit https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/177220
(In reply to BogdanB from comment #3) > if you agree on: > - Number of columns > - Column spacing > > The change is in gerrit https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/177220 These are certainly better English. Has someone checked if the meanings are correct, though?
(In reply to Tuomas Hietala from comment #4) > (In reply to BogdanB from comment #3) > > if you agree on: > > - Number of columns > > - Column spacing > > > > The change is in gerrit https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/177220 > > These are certainly better English. Has someone checked if the meanings are > correct, though? The current "columns number" is "how many columns to create". The "columns spacing" is "how much space (or what distance) must be between the columns". I *believe* that the meaning of the new strings is correct - but being the non-native English speaker, and guilty of the original bad wording, I have no say in this :-D
(In reply to Mike Kaganski from comment #5) > (In reply to Tuomas Hietala from comment #4) > > (In reply to BogdanB from comment #3) > > > if you agree on: > > > - Number of columns > > > - Column spacing > > > > > > The change is in gerrit https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/177220 > > > > These are certainly better English. Has someone checked if the meanings are > > correct, though? > > The current "columns number" is "how many columns to create". The "columns > spacing" is "how much space (or what distance) must be between the columns". > I *believe* that the meaning of the new strings is correct - but being the > non-native English speaker, and guilty of the original bad wording, I have > no say in this :-D Thanks. While I'm non-native too, I think the proposed strings correspond to what you're describing, so +1 from me.
Bogdan Buzea committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/f52aafac08731e3f60b49c912f4169394d787d66 tdf#157869 Improve description for columns in textbox (Impress) It will be available in 25.2.0. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.