I typically use '%s' mainly because it's easier than escaping the double quote but I'm not opposed to "%s". <%s> should be avoided because some text controls interpret the <> as html tags. I thought we got ride of most if not all of the <%s> occurrences but apparently not.
On 11/29/2017 3:26 PM, Simon Richter wrote: > Hi, > > we don't seem to have a consistent convention on quoting in messages > shown to the user, and thus we have all three of > > '%s' > "%s" > <%s> > > in format strings when referring to names (files, nets, netclasses, …). > > For the untranslated strings, I'd prefer either double or single quotes, > while translated messages should probably use the locale appropriate > quoting format. > > Which should it be? > > Simon > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp