Quoting Joey Hess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Martin Michlmayr wrote: > > d-i is not consistent in the use of ... For example, partman writes: > > Scanning disks ... > > whereas base-config writes > > Installing core packages... > > and most *-installer packages don't use dots in their progress notes > > at all. > > > > Can we > > a) agree on one usage > > b) document this (together with other common debconf usages in d-i) > > c) get someone to unify the existing messages > > I vote for a space after, note that dpkg and apt are not consistent > either. :-) I think that more of d-i uses a space than not, we inherited > some strings from debootstrap without spaces, iirc.
When mentioning "space after", I suppose you mean "space *before* the ellipsis", right? There is certainly some typographical rule, in english, for ellipsis. Let's ask debian-l10n-english, if this list is alive....:-) In french, ellipsis (called "points de suspension", by the way) are treated just like dots. So, no space before and one space after. If we decide changes in d-i, this needs to be done with translations unfuzzyfication. Which is not completely trivial, by the way...:-) I counted 67 different ellipsis in d-i templates. 30 of these use a space before and 37 no space. Changing this is thus far from trivial.... Folks, just decide whether there should be a space or not and I'll change this (I'm very good for these boring half-technical/no-coding things....let's save your valuable time....:-)) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
