GNU bug report logs - #67038
Inconsistent use of space before ellipsis

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Message #11 received at 67038 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>
To: Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>, 67038 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#67038: Inconsistent use of space before ellipsis
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2023 15:09:04 +0100

Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com> writes:
> For consistency, I suggest the rule: ’word...’ and not ’word ...’
>
> Something like the patch attached.

+1

This is more consistent.  Looking at the translation files in po/guix,
only guix/status.scm:568 uses the space before ellipsis.  The message
"applying ~a graft" does not occur in the manual, so it does not need
changing.

(match event
  […]
  (('download-started item uri _ ...)
   (when print-urls?
     (erase-current-line*)
     (format port (info (G_ "downloading from ~a ...")) uri)
     (newline port)))

Should we keep this space?  Perhaps keep it; it is clearer where the
URI ends.

Regards,
Florian

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