GNU bug report logs - #55332
29.0.50; Greek tutorial multiline [...] mishandled

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From: Protesilaos Stavrou <info <at> protesilaos.com>
To: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>, 55332 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#55332: 29.0.50; Greek tutorial multiline [...] mishandled
Date: Mon, 09 May 2022 10:45:12 +0300

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> From: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>
> Date: Sun, 08 May 2022 23:14:12 +0300
>
> First off, thank you very much Protesilae for the new translation of the
> tutorial!

You are welcome and thank you for giving it a try!

[ By the way, what do you think about my choice of word for "buffer"?
  It is the one I had the most doubts about... ]

> [... 14 lines elided]
>
> IOW, the multiline Greek translation of:
>
>   [Middle of page left blank for didactic purposes.   Text continues below]
>
> is either half-erased in short frames, or divided by several blank lines
> in tall frames.
>
> One solution would be to limit the Greek translation to a single line as
> in other translations,

I shortened it to fit on a single line.  See attached patch.

> but why not instead teach tutorial.el to handle multiline instances of
> this comment, as in the following patch?

Seems right.  Let's wait to read from the maintainers.

-- 
Protesilaos Stavrou
https://protesilaos.com

[0001-Shorten-note-about-didactic-space-in-TUTORIAL.el_GR-.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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