Localization problem

I don't know why it's doing that, but you probably shouldn't be trying to translate the word 'javascript' anyway. If you use the fancy paramaterized version of the t() function, then it won't mangle it (I'd hope ..).

e.g. replace

t('<p>If the chatbox does not automatically launch, you can <a href="javascript:launchchat();">join the chatbox</a> manually.</p>')

with

'<p>'. t('If the chatbox does not automatically launch, you can %join manually.',array(''%join' => sprintf('<a href="javascript:launchchat();">%s</a>',t('join the chatbox')))).'</p>'

I haven't tested the above (so there might be some syntax errors), but it gives you an idea how to use the t() function in a way that makes translation more straightforward and hopefully solve your problem.

okay, i should have read the documentation here:

http://api.drupal.org/api/HEAD/function/t

so the 'right' way is:

<p>'. t('If the chatbox does not automatically launch, you can <a href="%url">join the chatbox</a> manually.',array('%url' => 'javascript:launchchat();')).'</p>'

which is shorter, easier to read and fixes my typo.

Here is a patch to test.

Committed to DRUPAL-4-7 and HEAD.