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     Re: Gettext - what am I doing wrong?   
     By: nelgin to Digital Man on Thu Jan 22 2026 11:37 pm   
      
    > In user_settings.js there's this string:   
    >   
    > console.print(gettext("Choose a default file transfer protocol (or [ENTER]   
    > for None):"));   
    >   
    > It displays in gray so I thought since it's using gettext, I would put the   
    > string in the [JS] section of text.ini   
    >   
    > Choose a default file transfer protocol (or [ENTER] for None): =   
    > \1n\1h\1yChoose a default file transfer protocol (or [ENTER] for None):   
    >   
    > Should we be adding localization keys to all gettext strings to make it   
    > easier to change them or am I doing something wrong? Maybe the () or [] are   
    > interfering with the regex?   
      
   There's no regex involved. To put control characters (e.g. those literal \1's)   
   in a .ini key value, you need to use string literal syntax:   
   https://wiki.synchro.net/config:ini_files#string_literals   
      
   That's even how's done in the examples at:   
   https://wiki.synchro.net/custom:text.ini   
      
   A shorter gettext() look name/key is an option and a good idea for those long   
   gettext() strings. For strictly colorization, I'd hope we have a better/easier   
   knob to fiddle than using text.ini.   
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