GNU bug report logs - #11117
Suggestion to mark the the arrow for translation

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: "Göran Uddeborg" <goeran <at> uddeborg.se>

Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 23:55:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Göran Uddeborg <goeran <at> uddeborg.se>
Cc: 11117 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#11117: Suggestion to mark the the arrow for translation
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....).
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