From f4f6c7a6d8d0703f21558695f21e891835e3dd32 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Harsh Sharma <94862735+harshsharma1506@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 30 May 2026 21:53:52 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Handle lone '%' translation strings without parser
 exceptions

Entries consisting solely of '%' currently emit:

Error parsing msgid at index 0: string index out of range
Error parsing msgstr at index 0: string index out of range

Validation still completes successfully, but the parser emits
confusing terminal output.
---
 usr/bin/mint-check-translations | 14 ++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/usr/bin/mint-check-translations b/usr/bin/mint-check-translations
index 7a815d7..d98d768 100755
--- a/usr/bin/mint-check-translations
+++ b/usr/bin/mint-check-translations
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ class Main:
             if issue_found:
                 self.add_issue_to_treeview(mo, mo.project, msgid, msgstr, res, mo.current_index)
             mo.current_index += 1
-
+            
     def check_entry(self, msgid, msgstr, is_plural=False, is_python=False):
         msgid = msgid.replace("%%", " ")
         msgstr = msgstr.replace("%%", " ")
@@ -263,6 +263,11 @@ class Main:
                     if idx > 1 and msgid[idx-1] == " " and msgid[idx-2] in DIGITS:
                         # ignore this token, it's probably a percentage
                         continue
+                    if idx == 0 and len(msgid) == 1: 
+                       # Handle entries consisting solely of '%' to avoid
+                       # indexing beyond the end of the string while parsing
+                       # formatting placeholders.
+                       continue
                     if idx > -1 and msgid[idx-1] != "\\":
                         subidx = 0
                         if msgid[idx+1] == "(":
@@ -297,6 +302,11 @@ class Main:
                     if idx > 1 and msgstr[idx-1] == " " and msgstr[idx-2] in DIGITS:
                         # ignore this token, it's probably a percentage
                         continue
+                    if idx == 0 and len(msgstr) == 1: 
+                       # Handle entries consisting solely of '%' to avoid
+                       # indexing beyond the end of the string while parsing
+                       # formatting placeholders.
+                       continue
                     if idx > -1 and msgstr[idx-1] != "\\":
                         subidx = 0
                         if msgstr[idx+1] == "(":
@@ -321,7 +331,7 @@ class Main:
                                     break
             except Exception as e:
                 print("Error parsing msgstr at index %d: %s" % (idx, e))
-
+                
         for keyword in ["5%", "0%"]:
             if keyword in msgid:
                 # Ignore percentages

From c5c27deb41c60c47b2d71ef140a178c37650654c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Harsh Sharma <94862735+harshsharma1506@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 30 May 2026 22:18:01 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Handle lone '%' translation strings without parser
 exceptions

cleaned it a bit.
---
 usr/bin/mint-check-translations | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/usr/bin/mint-check-translations b/usr/bin/mint-check-translations
index d98d768..1ef5def 100755
--- a/usr/bin/mint-check-translations
+++ b/usr/bin/mint-check-translations
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ class Main:
             if issue_found:
                 self.add_issue_to_treeview(mo, mo.project, msgid, msgstr, res, mo.current_index)
             mo.current_index += 1
-            
+
     def check_entry(self, msgid, msgstr, is_plural=False, is_python=False):
         msgid = msgid.replace("%%", " ")
         msgstr = msgstr.replace("%%", " ")
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ class Main:
                                     break
             except Exception as e:
                 print("Error parsing msgstr at index %d: %s" % (idx, e))
-                
+
         for keyword in ["5%", "0%"]:
             if keyword in msgid:
                 # Ignore percentages