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Re: PATCH: (yet another) internationalisation fix


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: Re: PATCH: (yet another) internationalisation fix
Date: 26 Mar 2003 11:52:35 -0800
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Jim Meyering <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> Taking df's --help as an example, what do you think about this as
> an alternative to writing out 1,000,000 and 1,048,576?
> 
>   SIZE may be (or may be an integer optionally followed by) one of following:
>   kB 1000, K 1024, MB 1000*1000, M 1024*1024 and so on for G, T, P, E, Z, Y.

I like this suggestion.

Also, the French translation can use this idiom, even if the original
English remains unchanged.  That way, the French translation will be
portable between Canada and France, even if the original English is
not.




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