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diff --git a/src/verbs.cpp b/src/verbs.cpp
index 84da8703bb902394a6467a9379eefc8ae7bb4235..eb19eee253d6f91a7b5daff924701f04130359da 100644 (file)
--- a/src/verbs.cpp
+++ b/src/verbs.cpp
new Verb(SP_VERB_NONE, "None", N_("None"), N_("Does nothing"), NULL),
/* File */
- new FileVerb(SP_VERB_FILE_NEW, "FileNew", N_("Default"), N_("Create new document from default template"),
+ new FileVerb(SP_VERB_FILE_NEW, "FileNew", N_("Default"), N_("Create new document from the default template"),
GTK_STOCK_NEW ),
new FileVerb(SP_VERB_FILE_OPEN, "FileOpen", N_("_Open..."),
- N_("Open existing document"), GTK_STOCK_OPEN ),
+ N_("Open an existing document"), GTK_STOCK_OPEN ),
new FileVerb(SP_VERB_FILE_REVERT, "FileRevert", N_("Re_vert"),
N_("Revert to the last saved version of document (changes will be lost)"), GTK_STOCK_REVERT_TO_SAVED ),
new FileVerb(SP_VERB_FILE_SAVE, "FileSave", N_("_Save"), N_("Save document"),
GTK_STOCK_SAVE ),
new FileVerb(SP_VERB_FILE_SAVE_AS, "FileSaveAs", N_("Save _As..."),
- N_("Save document under new name"), GTK_STOCK_SAVE_AS ),
+ N_("Save document under a new name"), GTK_STOCK_SAVE_AS ),
new FileVerb(SP_VERB_FILE_PRINT, "FilePrint", N_("_Print..."), N_("Print document"),
GTK_STOCK_PRINT ),
// TRANSLATORS: "Vacuum Defs" means "Clean up defs" (so as to remove unused definitions)
- new FileVerb(SP_VERB_FILE_VACUUM, "FileVacuum", N_("Vac_uum Defs"), N_("Remove unused predefined items from the <defs> of the document"),
+ new FileVerb(SP_VERB_FILE_VACUUM, "FileVacuum", N_("Vac_uum Defs"), N_("Remove unused definitions (such as gradients or clipping paths) from the <defs> of the document"),
"file_vacuum" ),
new FileVerb(SP_VERB_FILE_PRINT_DIRECT, "FilePrintDirect", N_("Print _Direct"),
N_("Print directly without prompting to a file or pipe"), NULL ),
new FileVerb(SP_VERB_FILE_PRINT_PREVIEW, "FilePrintPreview", N_("Print Previe_w"),
N_("Preview document printout"), GTK_STOCK_PRINT_PREVIEW ),
new FileVerb(SP_VERB_FILE_IMPORT, "FileImport", N_("_Import..."),
- N_("Import bitmap or SVG image into document"), "file_import"),
+ N_("Import a bitmap or SVG image into this document"), "file_import"),
new FileVerb(SP_VERB_FILE_EXPORT, "FileExport", N_("_Export Bitmap..."),
- N_("Export document or selection as a bitmap image"), "file_export"),
+ N_("Export this document or a selection as a bitmap image"), "file_export"),
new FileVerb(SP_VERB_FILE_NEXT_DESKTOP, "FileNextDesktop", N_("N_ext Window"),
N_("Switch to the next document window"), "window_next"),
new FileVerb(SP_VERB_FILE_PREV_DESKTOP, "FilePrevDesktop", N_("P_revious Window"),
N_("Switch to the previous document window"), "window_previous"),
new FileVerb(SP_VERB_FILE_CLOSE_VIEW, "FileCloseView", N_("_Close"),
- N_("Close window"), GTK_STOCK_CLOSE),
+ N_("Close this document window"), GTK_STOCK_CLOSE),
new FileVerb(SP_VERB_FILE_QUIT, "FileQuit", N_("_Quit"), N_("Quit Inkscape"), GTK_STOCK_QUIT),
/* Edit */
new EditVerb(SP_VERB_EDIT_UNDO, "EditUndo", N_("_Undo"), N_("Undo last action"),
GTK_STOCK_UNDO),
new EditVerb(SP_VERB_EDIT_REDO, "EditRedo", N_("_Redo"),
- N_("Do again last undone action"), GTK_STOCK_REDO),
+ N_("Do again the last undone action"), GTK_STOCK_REDO),
new EditVerb(SP_VERB_EDIT_CUT, "EditCut", N_("Cu_t"),
N_("Cut selection to clipboard"), GTK_STOCK_CUT),
new EditVerb(SP_VERB_EDIT_COPY, "EditCopy", N_("_Copy"),
new EditVerb(SP_VERB_EDIT_PASTE, "EditPaste", N_("_Paste"),
N_("Paste objects from clipboard to mouse point"), GTK_STOCK_PASTE),
new EditVerb(SP_VERB_EDIT_PASTE_STYLE, "EditPasteStyle", N_("Paste _Style"),
- N_("Apply style of the copied object to selection"), "selection_paste_style"),
+ N_("Apply the style of the copied object to selection"), "selection_paste_style"),
new EditVerb(SP_VERB_EDIT_PASTE_IN_PLACE, "EditPasteInPlace", N_("Paste _In Place"),
N_("Paste objects from clipboard to the original location"), "selection_paste_in_place"),
new EditVerb(SP_VERB_EDIT_DELETE, "EditDelete", N_("_Delete"),
N_("Delete selection"), GTK_STOCK_DELETE),
new EditVerb(SP_VERB_EDIT_DUPLICATE, "EditDuplicate", N_("Duplic_ate"),
N_("Duplicate selected objects"), "edit_duplicate"),
- new EditVerb(SP_VERB_EDIT_CLONE, "EditClone", N_("Clo_ne"),
- N_("Create a clone of selected object (a copy linked to the original)"), "edit_clone"),
+ new EditVerb(SP_VERB_EDIT_CLONE, "EditClone", N_("Create Clo_ne"),
+ N_("Create a clone (a copy linked to the original) of selected object"), "edit_clone"),
new EditVerb(SP_VERB_EDIT_UNLINK_CLONE, "EditUnlinkClone", N_("Unlin_k Clone"),
- N_("Cut the clone's link to its original"), "edit_unlink_clone"),
+ N_("Cut the selected clone's link to its original, turning it into a standalone object"), "edit_unlink_clone"),
new EditVerb(SP_VERB_EDIT_CLONE_ORIGINAL, "EditCloneOriginal", N_("Select _Original"),
- N_("Select the object to which the clone is linked"), NULL),
+ N_("Select the object to which the selected clone is linked"), NULL),
// TRANSLATORS: Convert selection to a rectangle with tiled pattern fill
- new EditVerb(SP_VERB_EDIT_TILE, "EditTile", N_("O_bjects to Pattern"),
+ new EditVerb(SP_VERB_EDIT_TILE, "EditTile", N_("Objects to Patter_n"),
N_("Convert selection to a rectangle with tiled pattern fill"), NULL),
// TRANSLATORS: Extract objects from a tiled pattern fill
- new EditVerb(SP_VERB_EDIT_UNTILE, "EditUnTile", N_("Pattern to Ob_jects"),
+ new EditVerb(SP_VERB_EDIT_UNTILE, "EditUnTile", N_("Pattern to _Objects"),
N_("Extract objects from a tiled pattern fill"), NULL),
new EditVerb(SP_VERB_EDIT_CLEAR_ALL, "EditClearAll", N_("Clea_r All"),
N_("Delete all objects from document"), NULL),
N_("Remove all manual kerns and glyph rotations from a text object"), NULL),
new SelectionVerb(SP_VERB_SELECTION_UNION, "SelectionUnion", N_("_Union"),
- N_("Union of selected objects"), "union"),
+ N_("Create union of selected paths"), "union"),
new SelectionVerb(SP_VERB_SELECTION_INTERSECT, "SelectionIntersect", N_("_Intersection"),
- N_("Intersection of selected objects"), "intersection"),
+ N_("Create intersection of selected paths"), "intersection"),
new SelectionVerb(SP_VERB_SELECTION_DIFF, "SelectionDiff", N_("_Difference"),
- N_("Difference of selected objects (bottom minus top)"), "difference"),
+ N_("Create difference of selected paths (bottom minus top)"), "difference"),
new SelectionVerb(SP_VERB_SELECTION_SYMDIFF, "SelectionSymDiff", N_("E_xclusion"),
- N_("Exclusive OR of selected objects"), "exclusion"),
+ N_("Create exclusive OR of selected paths (those parts that belong to only one path)"), "exclusion"),
new SelectionVerb(SP_VERB_SELECTION_CUT, "SelectionDivide", N_("Di_vision"),
- N_("Cut the bottom object into pieces"), "division"),
+ N_("Cut the bottom path into pieces"), "division"),
// TRANSLATORS: "to cut a path" is not the same as "to break a path apart" - see the
// Advanced tutorial for more info
new SelectionVerb(SP_VERB_SELECTION_SLICE, "SelectionCutPath", N_("Cut _Path"),
- N_("Cut the bottom object's stroke into pieces, removing fill"), "cut_path"),
+ N_("Cut the bottom path's stroke into pieces, removing fill"), "cut_path"),
// TRANSLATORS: "outset": expand a shape by offsetting the object's path,
// i.e. by displacing it perpendicular to the path in each point.
// See also the Advanced Tutorial for explanation.
N_("Create a dynamic offset object linked to the original path"),
"linked_offset"),
new SelectionVerb(SP_VERB_SELECTION_OUTLINE, "SelectionOutline", N_("_Stroke to Path"),
- N_("Convert selected strokes to paths"), "stroke_tocurve"),
+ N_("Convert selected object's stroke to paths"), "stroke_tocurve"),
new SelectionVerb(SP_VERB_SELECTION_SIMPLIFY, "SelectionSimplify", N_("Si_mplify"),
- N_("Simplify selected paths by removing extra nodes"), "simplify"),
+ N_("Simplify selected paths (remove extra nodes)"), "simplify"),
new SelectionVerb(SP_VERB_SELECTION_REVERSE, "SelectionReverse", N_("_Reverse"),
- N_("Reverses the direction of selected paths; useful for flipping markers"), "selection_reverse"),
+ N_("Reverse the direction of selected paths (useful for flipping markers)"), "selection_reverse"),
// TRANSLATORS: "to trace" means "to convert a bitmap to vector graphics" (to vectorize)
new SelectionVerb(SP_VERB_SELECTION_TRACE, "SelectionTrace", N_("_Trace Bitmap..."),
- N_("Convert bitmap object to paths"), "selection_trace"),
+ N_("Create one or more paths from a bitmap by tracing it"), "selection_trace"),
new SelectionVerb(SP_VERB_SELECTION_CREATE_BITMAP, "SelectionCreateBitmap", N_("_Make a Bitmap Copy"),
N_("Export selection to a bitmap and insert it into document"), "selection_bitmap" ),
new SelectionVerb(SP_VERB_SELECTION_COMBINE, "SelectionCombine", N_("_Combine"),
new SelectionVerb(SP_VERB_SELECTION_BREAK_APART, "SelectionBreakApart", N_("Break _Apart"),
N_("Break selected paths into subpaths"), "selection_break"),
new SelectionVerb(SP_VERB_SELECTION_GRIDTILE, "SelectionGridTile", N_("Gri_d Arrange..."),
- N_("Arrange selection in grid pattern"), "grid_arrange"),
+ N_("Arrange selected objects in a grid pattern"), "grid_arrange"),
/* Layer */
new LayerVerb(SP_VERB_LAYER_NEW, "LayerNew", N_("_Add Layer..."),
N_("Create a new layer"), "new_layer"),
new ObjectVerb(SP_VERB_OBJECT_FLATTEN, "ObjectFlatten", N_("Remove _Transformations"),
N_("Remove transformations from object"), "object_reset"),
new ObjectVerb(SP_VERB_OBJECT_TO_CURVE, "ObjectToCurve", N_("_Object to Path"),
- N_("Convert selected objects to paths"), "object_tocurve"),
+ N_("Convert selected object to path"), "object_tocurve"),
new ObjectVerb(SP_VERB_OBJECT_FLOW_TEXT, "ObjectFlowText", N_("_Flow into Frame"),
- N_("Put text into frames"), NULL),
+ N_("Put text into a frame (path or shape), creating a flowed text linked to the frame object"), NULL),
new ObjectVerb(SP_VERB_OBJECT_UNFLOW_TEXT, "ObjectUnFlowText", N_("_Unflow"),
N_("Remove text from frame (creates a single-line text object)"), NULL),
new ObjectVerb(SP_VERB_OBJECT_FLOWTEXT_TO_TEXT, "ObjectFlowtextToText", N_("_Convert to Text"),
- N_("Convert flowed text to regular text objects (preserves appearance)"), NULL),
+ N_("Convert flowed text to regular text object (preserves appearance)"), NULL),
new ObjectVerb(SP_VERB_OBJECT_FLIP_HORIZONTAL, "ObjectFlipHorizontally",
- N_("Flip _Horizontal"), N_("Flips selected objects horizontally"),
+ N_("Flip _Horizontal"), N_("Flip selected objects horizontally"),
"object_flip_hor"),
new ObjectVerb(SP_VERB_OBJECT_FLIP_VERTICAL, "ObjectFlipVertically",
- N_("Flip _Vertical"), N_("Flips selected objects vertically"),
+ N_("Flip _Vertical"), N_("Flip selected objects vertically"),
"object_flip_ver"),
new ObjectVerb(SP_VERB_OBJECT_SET_MASK, "ObjectSetMask", N_("_Set"),
N_("Apply mask to selection (using the topmost object as mask)"), NULL),
new ZoomVerb(SP_VERB_ZOOM_OUT, "ZoomOut", N_("Zoom Out"), N_("Zoom out"), "zoom_out"),
new ZoomVerb(SP_VERB_TOGGLE_RULERS, "ToggleRulers", N_("_Rulers"), N_("Show or hide the canvas rulers"), "rulers"),
new ZoomVerb(SP_VERB_TOGGLE_SCROLLBARS, "ToggleScrollbars", N_("Scroll_bars"), N_("Show or hide the canvas scrollbars"), "scrollbars"),
- new ZoomVerb(SP_VERB_TOGGLE_GRID, "ToggleGrid", N_("_Grid"), N_("Show or hide grid"), "grid"),
- new ZoomVerb(SP_VERB_TOGGLE_GUIDES, "ToggleGuides", N_("G_uides"), N_("Show or hide guides"), "guides"),
+ new ZoomVerb(SP_VERB_TOGGLE_GRID, "ToggleGrid", N_("_Grid"), N_("Show or hide the grid"), "grid"),
+ new ZoomVerb(SP_VERB_TOGGLE_GUIDES, "ToggleGuides", N_("G_uides"), N_("Show or hide guides (drag from a ruler to create a guide)"), "guides"),
new ZoomVerb(SP_VERB_ZOOM_NEXT, "ZoomNext", N_("Nex_t Zoom"), N_("Next zoom (from the history of zooms)"),
"zoom_next"),
new ZoomVerb(SP_VERB_ZOOM_PREV, "ZoomPrev", N_("Pre_vious Zoom"), N_("Previous zoom (from the history of zooms)"),
N_("Switch to outline (wireframe) display mode"), NULL),
new ZoomVerb(SP_VERB_VIEW_ICON_PREVIEW, "ViewIconPreview", N_("Ico_n Preview"),
- N_("Open a window to preview items at different icon resolutions"), NULL/*"view_icon_preview"*/),
+ N_("Open a window to preview objects at different icon resolutions"), NULL/*"view_icon_preview"*/),
new ZoomVerb(SP_VERB_ZOOM_PAGE, "ZoomPage", N_("_Page"),
N_("Zoom to fit page in window"), "zoom_page"),
new ZoomVerb(SP_VERB_ZOOM_PAGE_WIDTH, "ZoomPageWidth", N_("Page _Width"),
/* Dialogs */
new DialogVerb(SP_VERB_DIALOG_DISPLAY, "DialogDisplay", N_("In_kscape Preferences..."),
- N_("Global Inkscape preferences"), GTK_STOCK_PREFERENCES ),
+ N_("Edit global Inkscape preferences"), GTK_STOCK_PREFERENCES ),
new DialogVerb(SP_VERB_DIALOG_NAMEDVIEW, "DialogNamedview", N_("_Document Properties..."),
- N_("Preferences saved with the document"), GTK_STOCK_PROPERTIES ),
+ N_("Edit properties of this document (to be saved with the document)"), GTK_STOCK_PROPERTIES ),
new DialogVerb(SP_VERB_DIALOG_METADATA, "DialogMetadata", N_("_Document Metadata..."),
- N_("Metadata saved with the document"), NULL ),
+ N_("Edit document metadata (to be saved with the document)"), NULL ),
new DialogVerb(SP_VERB_DIALOG_FILL_STROKE, "DialogFillStroke", N_("_Fill and Stroke..."),
- N_("Fill and Stroke dialog"), "fill_and_stroke"),
+ N_("Edit objects' style, such as color or stroke width"), "fill_and_stroke"),
// TRANSLATORS: "Swatches" means: color samples
new DialogVerb(SP_VERB_DIALOG_SWATCHES, "DialogSwatches", N_("S_watches..."),
- N_("View color swatches"), GTK_STOCK_SELECT_COLOR),
+ N_("Select colors from a swatches palette"), GTK_STOCK_SELECT_COLOR),
new DialogVerb(SP_VERB_DIALOG_TRANSFORM, "DialogTransform", N_("Transfor_m..."),
- N_("Transform dialog"), "object_trans"),
+ N_("Precisely control objects' transformations"), "object_trans"),
new DialogVerb(SP_VERB_DIALOG_ALIGN_DISTRIBUTE, "DialogAlignDistribute", N_("_Align and Distribute..."),
- N_("Align and Distribute dialog"), "object_align"),
+ N_("Align and distribute objects"), "object_align"),
new DialogVerb(SP_VERB_DIALOG_TEXT, "Dialogtext", N_("_Text and Font..."),
- N_("Text and Font dialog"), "object_font"),
+ N_("View and select font family, font size and other text properties"), "object_font"),
new DialogVerb(SP_VERB_DIALOG_XML_EDITOR, "DialogXMLEditor", N_("_XML Editor..."),
- N_("XML Editor"), "xml_editor"),
+ N_("View and edit the XML tree of the document"), "xml_editor"),
new DialogVerb(SP_VERB_DIALOG_FIND, "DialogFind", N_("_Find..."),
N_("Find objects in document"), GTK_STOCK_FIND ),
new DialogVerb(SP_VERB_DIALOG_DEBUG, "DialogDebug", N_("_Messages..."),
new DialogVerb(SP_VERB_DIALOG_SCRIPT, "DialogScript", N_("S_cripts..."),
N_("Run scripts"), NULL),
new DialogVerb(SP_VERB_DIALOG_TOGGLE, "DialogsToggle", N_("Show/Hide D_ialogs"),
- N_("Show or hide all active dialogs"), "dialog_toggle"),
+ N_("Show or hide all open dialogs"), "dialog_toggle"),
// TRANSLATORS: "Tile Clones" means: "Create tiled clones"
- new DialogVerb(SP_VERB_DIALOG_CLONETILER, "DialogsClonetiler", N_("Tile Clones..."),
- N_("Create and arrange multiple clones of selection"), NULL),
+ new DialogVerb(SP_VERB_DIALOG_CLONETILER, "DialogsClonetiler", N_("Create Tiled Clones..."),
+ N_("Create multiple clones of selected object, arranging them into a pattern or scattering"), NULL),
new DialogVerb(SP_VERB_DIALOG_ITEM, "DialogItem", N_("_Object Properties..."),
- N_("Object Properties dialog"), "dialog_item_properties"),
+ N_("Edit the ID, locked and visible status, and other object properties"), "dialog_item_properties"),
#ifdef WITH_INKBOARD
new DialogVerb(SP_VERB_DIALOG_WHITEBOARD_CONNECT, "DialogWhiteboardConnect",
N_("_Connect to Jabber server..."), N_("Connect to a Jabber server"), NULL),
N_("Disconnect from _server"), "", NULL),
#endif
new DialogVerb(SP_VERB_DIALOG_INPUT, "DialogInput", N_("_Input Devices..."),
- N_("Configure extended input devices"), NULL),
+ N_("Configure extended input devices, such as a graphics tablet"), NULL),
/* Help */
new HelpVerb(SP_VERB_HELP_KEYS, "HelpKeys", N_("_Keys and Mouse"),
- N_("Key and mouse shortcuts reference"), "help_keys"),
+ N_("Keys and mouse shortcuts reference"), "help_keys"),
new HelpVerb(SP_VERB_HELP_ABOUT_EXTENSIONS, "HelpAboutExtensions", N_("About E_xtensions"),
- N_("About Extensions..."), NULL),
+ N_("Information on Inkscape extensions"), NULL),
new HelpVerb(SP_VERB_HELP_MEMORY, "HelpAboutMemory", N_("About _Memory"),
- N_("About Memory..."), NULL),
+ N_("Memory usage information"), NULL),
new HelpVerb(SP_VERB_HELP_ABOUT, "HelpAbout", N_("_About Inkscape"),
- N_("About Inkscape"), /*"help_about"*/"inkscape_options"),
+ N_("Inkscape version, authors, license"), /*"help_about"*/"inkscape_options"),
// new HelpVerb(SP_VERB_SHOW_LICENSE, "ShowLicense", N_("Modifying or Redistributing Inkscape"),
// N_("Show license to modify and/or redistribute Inkscape: GNU GPL"), NULL),