I want to change the "other" label within the Multiple Choice question ie, I want to have the response as "yes" and the text portion of the "other" option to allow for a number.
I have read the help information wrt this however how I change the file en.mo as when I open this file with Notepad++ on my PC it cannot find the string other_replace_text and if I click on the en.mo file on the webserver it wants to download the file.
As I mentioned previously I am not a programmer but am able to follow instructions fairly well within files that I am directed to.
how about using "Label for 'Other' option" in the advance settings of the multiple choice question? Perhaps it will be the easiest/most easy way to change the label without having to edit the translation .po file.
If you want to change the translation or let's say a translation file you may have a look at
docs.limesurvey.org/Translating+LimeSurvey
. There's a programm called poEDIT that handles editing the file and creating/editing the binary (.mo) file. If you just change the text in the .po file it won't really help because you just edited the source file which is meant to create a file that your machine can read.
If I'm correct you don't really look for a string called "other_replace_text" but for the entry "Other" (if you open the file with Notepad++ it will say something like " msgid "Other" ").
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I have just installed LimeSurvey. Very, very impressed. I also noticed no alternative label for other in my List (Radio) questions. I hope this can be taken care of. For now, I will continue with just the default "Other" text instead. Thanks all for cooperating and participaring.
Hi,
unfortunately you did not mention which version of LS you use.
Probably 4.x, because in this version this option is still missing. This is a known issue. Hopefully will be included soon.
Whereas in 3.x. you have this option.
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[strike]I highly doubt that the question type "List (Radio") does not have this function. Which version of LS are you using?[/strike]
Ok, I take this back. I had not tested LS 4.x now, but looking at the demo, there seems to be no way to rename the "other" option in LS 4. So this might have been lost from LS 3.x to LS 4.x
Please make a bug report.
I couldn't 100% test it, because when I tried to switch on the "other" option in the demo, it won't save...
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Provide your LS version and where it is installed (own server, uni/employer, SaaS hosting, etc.).
Always provide a LSS file (not LSQ or LSG).
Note: I answer at this forum in my spare time, I'm not a LimeSurvey GmbH employee.
I will check tomorrow or Friday the other functionality. Will create bug reports accordingly.
LE: In case other question attributes are missing, please report them and we will solve them as soon as possible (all the LS 3 question attributes must exist in LS 4)
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