Hello Zygmunt, Wednesday, October 13, 2004, 21:19:26, you wrote:
> On Wednesday, October 13, 2004, at 20:22:19 [UTC+0200] (Wednesday, October > 13, 2004 20:22 my local time) Daniel Vollmer wrote: >> The Bat 3.0.1 (English) is quite inconsequential in its usage of >> "..." in menu entries to denote a further (modal) dialogue. >> For example "Options -> Preferences" lacks these, whereas "Message >> -> Print..." has them. >> Is there some sort of system I haven't grasped, or is it just >> something to be added to the BTS? > About a month ago on the mailing list for translators there was a discussion > about use of ellipsis, based on Microsoft recommendations. Maxim Masiutin > stated there, according MS documents: > http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnwue/html/ch14d.asp Thank you. That was quite interesting. > The English interface follows this recommendation. However, not every translator > has been convinced by Max (I was only partially) and here we have differences in > different languages. I have to say, I am not quite sure I agree with the convention, but I can see it has been applied here. At least my irritation has been put to rest... ;) -- Best regards, Daniel. http://www.maven.de [Help! I'm parked diagonally in a parallel universe.] ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 3.0.1.33 RC/10 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
