GNU bug report logs - #76016
[PATCH] Correct project-remember/forget-projects-under message grammar

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Ship Mints <shipmints <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2025 17:05:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Fixed in version 31.1

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #17 received at 76016 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Ship Mints <shipmints <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 76016 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#76016: [PATCH] Correct project-remember/forget-projects-under
 message grammar
Date: Sun, 02 Feb 2025 21:13:20 +0200

> From: Ship Mints <shipmints <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2025 12:44:16 -0500
> Cc: 76016 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Alright. Does ngettext accommodate the zero case or just singular and plural? It seems to respect only two
> choices.

Yes, as its doc string says.  ngettext is not (yet) a full-blown
multi-lingual construct, because Emacs doesn't (yet) support any
language but English.  What to say in the zero case is an
application-level decision anyway, even in the English case.
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