From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: 26299@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#26299: 24.5; Use of `…' in Info
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2017 07:44:23 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <70f7b182-ca55-499c-8afe-6bd4aef370a1@default> (raw)
As one user, I find the adoption of `…' instead of `...' to be a
retrogression, not an improvement. It is far less readable. Just one
opinion.
Compare, as one example among zillions:
-- Macro: with-help-window buffer-name body…
with
-- Macro: with-help-window buffer-name body...
I cannot imagine what someone thought, when making this change. Did it
come just because we _can_ now use that Unicode character? That's not
a reason that we _should_ use it in such contexts.
In GNU Emacs 24.5.1 (i686-pc-mingw32)
of 2015-04-11 on LEG570
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601
Configured using:
`configure --prefix=3D/c/usr --host=3Di686-pc-mingw32'
next reply other threads:[~2017-03-29 14:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-03-29 14:44 Drew Adams [this message]
2017-03-30 3:40 ` bug#26299: 24.5; Use of `…' in Info npostavs
2017-03-30 13:49 ` Drew Adams
2017-03-30 14:34 ` Noam Postavsky
2017-03-30 14:56 ` Drew Adams
2017-06-12 2:49 ` Drew Adams
2017-06-12 14:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-06-12 14:52 ` Drew Adams
2017-06-12 15:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-06-12 15:18 ` Drew Adams
2017-06-12 16:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-06-12 17:13 ` Drew Adams
2019-09-29 3:21 ` Stefan Kangas
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