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?

Thanks

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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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