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--- tutorial:lang [2019/07/24 16:22] – fudge
+++ tutorial:lang [2019/07/24 17:13] – added escaping % fudge
@@ Line 20: / Line 20: @@
 which means minecraft will use the string in the constructor argument as-is. However, this is not advisable because
 that would make it difficult to translate that text to another language, should you wish to do that. This is why
-whenever a 'Text' object is needed, you should give it a ''new TranslatableText()'' with a translation key,
+whenever a ''Text'' object is needed, you should give it a ''new TranslatableText()'' with a translation key,
 and then translate the key in the lang file.
 For example, when adding a tooltip, do:
@@ Line 55: / Line 55: @@
 And the tooltip will be displayed as "My Tooltip in day 4, and month 7".
-In order to pass a string, we use ''%s'' instead of ''%d''.
+In order to pass a string, we use ''%s'' instead of ''%d''. If you want for it to literally show ''%'', use ''%%''.
 For more information, see [[https://dzone.com/articles/java-string-format-examples|Java String.format]] (it works the same way).
+==== Adding a new line ====
+Making ''\n'' work was far too difficult for Mojang, so in order to have a string with multiple lines you must split the translation key into multiple keys:
+<code JavaScript resources/assets/tutorial/lang/en_us.json>
+{
+  "item.tutorial.fabric_item.tooltip_1": "Line 1 of my tooltip"
+  "item.tutorial.fabric_item.tooltip_2": "Line 2 of my tooltip"
+}
+</code>
+Then add the ''TranslatableText'' parts individually:
+<code java>
+tooltip.add(new TranslatableText("item.tutorial.fabric_item.tooltip_1"));
+tooltip.add(new TranslatableText("item.tutorial.fabric_item.tooltip_2"));
+</code>
+And the tooltip will be displayed as:
+<code>
+Line 1 of my tooltip
+Line 2 of my tooltip
+</code>
 ====== Translation format ======