From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: package.el strings Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2017 17:16:48 +0300 Message-ID: <83fudweab3.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83y3rpeubc.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1500214610 23200 195.159.176.226 (16 Jul 2017 14:16:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2017 14:16:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Jean-Christophe Helary Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jul 16 16:16:46 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dWkLm-0005mj-5m for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 16 Jul 2017 16:16:46 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45398 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dWkLr-0008Sl-IK for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 16 Jul 2017 10:16:51 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40786) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dWkLl-0008RH-7e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Jul 2017 10:16:46 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dWkLi-0004Ta-32 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Jul 2017 10:16:45 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:45750) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dWkLh-0004TT-VX; Sun, 16 Jul 2017 10:16:42 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:2703 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1dWkLh-0008Sb-EO; Sun, 16 Jul 2017 10:16:41 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Jean-Christophe Helary on Sun, 16 Jul 2017 22:55:40 +0900) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:216728 Archived-At: > From: Jean-Christophe Helary > Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2017 22:55:40 +0900 > > "Packages to install: %d (%s), proceed? " > > After replying, I realized that's actually the kind of string that I thought was weird when %d=1: > > Packages to install: 1 (...), proceed ? I see nothing weird with it. > Here, "Packages" should be "Package", shouldn't it ? No, not necessarily. > Whereas > > Number of packages to install: 1 (...), proceed ? > is always correct. To my eyes, both are correct.