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Inconsistent use of space before ellipsis

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>
Cc: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>, 67038 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#67038: Inconsistent use of space before ellipsis
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2023 16:47:18 +0100

Hi,

"pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de> skribis:

> Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com> writes:
>> For consistency, I suggest the rule: ’word...’ and not ’word ...’
>>
>> Something like the patch attached.
>
> +1

+1!

> (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.

Yes, we should keep this one: somebody added it on the grounds that it
allowed them to click on URLs in their terminal and get the correct URL,
without the period.

Ludo’.

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