How to implement a gender localization shorthand like {g:He|She|They}

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Hi! I’m trying to implement a gender localization shorthand for our game.

The obvious answer is to use the choose formatter like so, where “g” would be a gender num:

{g:choose(Masculine|Feminine|Neutral):He|She|They}

However, we use this very often, so this syntax is extremely verbose and error prone.

Ideally, I’d want the syntax in the title:

{g:He|She|They}

Is there any way to implement this?

I wasn’t able to do it using custom sources (they don’t support operators) nor custom formatters (they don’t seem to support a function-less output).

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I’ve managed to implement a formatter based on the choose code that works for this syntax:

{:g():He|She|They}

Is that the best I can hope for in terms of brevity?

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Hi,
If you find yourself repeatedly using the same argument in multiple places, creating a template is a practical solution. Here’s how you can define a template:

text: {{}:choose(Masculine|Feminine|Neutral):He|She|They}```
Please note the use of curly braces {} to reference the current value. To ensure this works correctly, make sure to enable "Alternative Escaping" in the Parser settings; otherwise, you might encounter complaints about the use of double curly braces {{}}.

Then you can use it like so: **g:t(pronouns)**

Your custom formatter appears well-constructed. In the future, if a translator or another team member needs to understand your code, including some context within the string, even if it makes it slightly longer, will greatly aid comprehension.
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Thanks for the tip!
However I think you might have misunderstood the part I’m trying to shorten; I only wanna do away with the choose part (selector and format options, aka :choose(Masculine|Feminine|Neutral):), because the formats themselves (He|She|They) change on a case-by-case basis.

Could I create a template like so?

text: {{}:choose(Masculine|Feminine|Neutral)}
usage: g:He|She|They g:has|has|have an apple```
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Ah no I don’t think you can do that with a template. I think the best you can do is the custom formatter you created {:g():He|She|They}

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Thanks for the confirmation, cheers!

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