Subject: Re: bug#11117: Suggestion to mark the the arrow for translation

From: Paul Eggert <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 23:03:12 -0700

On 03/28/2012 01:38 PM, Göran Uddeborg wrote:

>           DIRED_FPUTS_LITERAL (_(" -> "), stdout);

Enough programs expect '->' that it may be wise to leave it alone.
Also, POSIX requires that 'ls' use '->', and does
not allow 'ls' to use '→' in any locale.

I like the nicer arrows, though.  Perhaps 'ls' could output
them if given a new option (here I duck and run....).