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[bug#57736,2/2] news: Fix en dash usage.

Message ID 20220911180035.5936-2-bauermann@kolabnow.com
State Accepted
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Series [bug#57735,1/2] news: Add 'pt' translation. | expand

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Thiago Jung Bauermann Sept. 11, 2022, 6 p.m. UTC
The en dash is used to separate pairs of words or numbers. The em dash is the
one used to separate sentences. In addition, in English text we are using the
convention of not separating the dash with spaces.

* etc/news.scm: Change the en dash to em in entry about Emacs native
compilation.
---
 etc/news.scm | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Comments

Julien Lepiller Sept. 11, 2022, 7:07 p.m. UTC | #1
The first patch LGTM. I can't push it right now. If someone else could do it, it'd be great.

Ok for the second patch if a native English speaker and a German translator confirm :)

Le 11 septembre 2022 20:00:35 GMT+02:00, Thiago Jung Bauermann via Guix-patches via <guix-patches@gnu.org> a écrit :
>The en dash is used to separate pairs of words or numbers. The em dash is the
>one used to separate sentences. In addition, in English text we are using the
>convention of not separating the dash with spaces.
>
>* etc/news.scm: Change the en dash to em in entry about Emacs native
>compilation.
>---
> etc/news.scm | 8 ++++----
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
>diff --git a/etc/news.scm b/etc/news.scm
>index a0716e0cdec4..efc219201f08 100644
>--- a/etc/news.scm
>+++ b/etc/news.scm
>@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@
> @code{user-emacs-directory}.
> 
> Furthermore, the build system for Emacs packages transparently supports native
>-compilation, but note, that @code{emacs-minimal} -- the default Emacs for
>-building packages -- has been configured without native compilation.
>+compilation, but note, that @code{emacs-minimal}---the default Emacs for
>+building packages---has been configured without native compilation.
> To natively compile your emacs packages ahead of time, use a transformation
> like @option{--with-input=emacs-minimal=emacs}.")
>          (de "Emacs kann nun native Maschinenbefehle erzeugen.  Standardgemäß
>@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@
> @code{user-emacs-directory}.
> 
> Darüber hinaus unterstützt das Erzeugungssystem für Emacs-Pakete die Erzeugung
>-nativer Maschinenbefehle.  Beachten Sie jedoch, dass @code{emacs-minimal} --
>-die Emacs-Variante, mit der normalerweise Emacs-Pakete erzeugt werden --
>+nativer Maschinenbefehle.  Beachten Sie jedoch, dass @code{emacs-minimal} ---
>+die Emacs-Variante, mit der normalerweise Emacs-Pakete erzeugt werden ---
> weiterhin keine nativen Befehle generiert.  Um native Befehle für Ihre
> Emacs-Pakete schon im Voraus zu erzeugen, nutzen Sie eine Transformation, z.B.
> @option{--with-input=emacs-minimal=emacs}.")
>
>
>
pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) Sept. 12, 2022, 8:13 p.m. UTC | #2
Julien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu> writes:
> Ok for the second patch if a native English speaker and a German translator confirm :)

P.S. Turns out Liliana and Julien were right and in German only an en
dash is correct in parenthetical use.  I’ve also made that mistake in
the manual translation at one place …  Fixed now, thanks to Julien.  But
for English em dash is correct.

Regards,
Florian
Thiago Jung Bauermann Sept. 25, 2022, 9 p.m. UTC | #3
Hello Florian,

Sorry for the delay in my responses, I've been mostly AFK in the past 2
weeks.

"pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian@pelzflorian.de> writes:

> Julien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu> writes:
>> Ok for the second patch if a native English speaker and a German translator confirm :)
>
> P.S. Turns out Liliana and Julien were right and in German only an en
> dash is correct in parenthetical use.  I’ve also made that mistake in
> the manual translation at one place …  Fixed now, thanks to Julien.  But
> for English em dash is correct.

Sorry about that error. I wasn't aware that there were language-specific
differences in the meaning of em and en dash.
pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) Sept. 26, 2022, 3:46 p.m. UTC | #4
Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauermann@kolabnow.com> writes:
> Sorry about that error. I wasn't aware that there were language-specific
> differences in the meaning of em and en dash.

Oh I am most thankful!  Frankly I noticed I made the same mistake many
more times.  Fixed thanks to you two.

Regards,
Florian
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Patch

diff --git a/etc/news.scm b/etc/news.scm
index a0716e0cdec4..efc219201f08 100644
--- a/etc/news.scm
+++ b/etc/news.scm
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ 
 @code{user-emacs-directory}.
 
 Furthermore, the build system for Emacs packages transparently supports native
-compilation, but note, that @code{emacs-minimal} -- the default Emacs for
-building packages -- has been configured without native compilation.
+compilation, but note, that @code{emacs-minimal}---the default Emacs for
+building packages---has been configured without native compilation.
 To natively compile your emacs packages ahead of time, use a transformation
 like @option{--with-input=emacs-minimal=emacs}.")
          (de "Emacs kann nun native Maschinenbefehle erzeugen.  Standardgemäß
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ 
 @code{user-emacs-directory}.
 
 Darüber hinaus unterstützt das Erzeugungssystem für Emacs-Pakete die Erzeugung
-nativer Maschinenbefehle.  Beachten Sie jedoch, dass @code{emacs-minimal} --
-die Emacs-Variante, mit der normalerweise Emacs-Pakete erzeugt werden --
+nativer Maschinenbefehle.  Beachten Sie jedoch, dass @code{emacs-minimal} ---
+die Emacs-Variante, mit der normalerweise Emacs-Pakete erzeugt werden ---
 weiterhin keine nativen Befehle generiert.  Um native Befehle für Ihre
 Emacs-Pakete schon im Voraus zu erzeugen, nutzen Sie eine Transformation, z.B.
 @option{--with-input=emacs-minimal=emacs}.")