* ext.c: Improved message formatting.

src/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2005-02-07  Roland Illig  <roland.illig@gmx.de>
+
+	* ext.c: Improved message formatting.
+
 2005-02-06  Roland Illig  <roland.illig@gmx.de>
 
 	* widget.h: Added a new function button_get_text.

src/ext.c

@@ -461,43 +461,35 @@ regex_command (const char *filename, const char *action, int *move_dir)
 		    home_error = 1;
 		    goto check_stock_mc_ext;
 		} else {
-		    char *msg;
-		    char *msg2;
-		    msg =
-			g_strconcat (" ", mc_home, MC_LIB_EXT,
-				     _(" file error "), (char *) NULL);
-		    msg2 =
-			g_strconcat (_("Format of the "), mc_home,
-				     _("mc.ext file has changed\n"
-				       "with version 3.0. It seems that installation\n"
-				       "failed. Please fetch a fresh new copy from the\n"
-				       "Midnight Commander package."),
-				     (char *) NULL);
-		    message (1, msg, "%s", msg2);
-		    g_free (msg);
-		    g_free (msg2);
+		    GString *msg1 = g_string_new (NULL);
+		    GString *msg2 = g_string_new (NULL);
+
+		    g_string_sprintf (msg1, _(" %s%s file error"),
+			mc_home, MC_LIB_EXT);
+		    g_string_sprintf (msg2, _("The format of the %smc.ext "
+			"file has changed with version 3.0.  It seems that "
+			"the installation failed.  Please fetch a fresh "
+			"copy from the Midnight Commander package."),
+			mc_home);
+		    message (1, msg1->str, "%s", msg2->str);
+		    g_string_free (msg1, TRUE);
+		    g_string_free (msg2, TRUE);
 		    return 0;
 		}
 	    }
 	}
 	if (home_error) {
-	    char *msg;
-	    char *msg2;
-	    msg =
-		g_strconcat (" ~/", MC_USER_EXT, _(" file error "), (char *) NULL);
-	    msg2 =
-		g_strconcat (_("Format of the "), "~/", MC_USER_EXT,
-			     _(" file has changed\n"
-			       "with version 3.0. You may want either to\n"
-			       "copy it from "), mc_home,
-			     _("mc.ext or use that\n"
-			       "file as an example of how to write it.\n"),
-			     mc_home,
-			     _("mc.ext will be used for this moment."),
-			     (char *) NULL);
-	    message (1, msg, "%s", msg2);
-	    g_free (msg);
-	    g_free (msg2);
+	    GString *title = g_string_new (NULL);
+	    GString *text = g_string_new (NULL);
+
+	    g_string_sprintf (title, _(" ~/%s file error "), MC_USER_EXT);
+	    g_string_sprintf (text, _("The format of the ~/%s file has "
+		"changed with version 3.0.  You may either want to copy "
+		"it from %smc.ext of use that file as an example of how "
+		"to write it."), MC_USER_EXT, mc_home, mc_home);
+	    message (1, title->str, "%s", text->str);
+	    g_string_free (title, TRUE);
+	    g_string_free (text, TRUE);
 	}
     }
     mc_stat (filename, &mystat);