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Re: [patch] small corrections to Parted's messages
From: |
Andrew Clausen |
Subject: |
Re: [patch] small corrections to Parted's messages |
Date: |
Mon, 28 Mar 2005 10:02:20 +1000 |
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Mutt/1.3.28i |
On Sun, Mar 27, 2005 at 05:15:32PM +0200, Benno Schulenberg wrote:
> > According to Google, "file system" appears 3.5 million on the
> > internet, whereas "filesystem" appears only 2.3 million times. I
> > think this is a weak argument in favour of "file system".
>
> But what to choose then? To leave it mixed is not an option, IMHO.
I have changed "filesystem" -> "file system".
> > Apart from that, I applied pretty much all of your changes
> > (sometimes with different wording).
>
> Find attached a patch for the remaining misspellings, grammar and
> indentation mistakes. (IMO messages should always speak to the
> user, not to the developer. And "too occupied" means mostly "too
> busy".)
Thanks.
> Thanks by the way for changing the units to the SI standards. :)
> Only more one thing: SI also demands a space between value and unit.
> Just as one doesn't write 12kilometres, one doesn't write 12km, but
> 12 km. If you wish, I can make a patch for this too.
I think I prefer 12km regardless. "12km" is a single piece of
information, and spaces delimit separate pieces of information
(parameters). For example, consider
resize 3 12GB 50GB
Changing this to
resize 3 12 GB 50 GB
is very confusing, IMHO.
I think it's best to keep output consistent with input, so I think
keeping "12GB" is best.
Thanks,
Andrew