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Re: GNUlib unicode encoding causes smart quotes to be displayed in progr
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Tim Rühsen |
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Re: GNUlib unicode encoding causes smart quotes to be displayed in program's output |
Date: |
Thu, 5 Dec 2019 18:07:47 +0100 |
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On 12/5/19 4:12 PM, Wes Hurd wrote:
> Hi,
>
> It seems GNUlib quote encoding goes to Unicode smart quotes, which causes
> command-line program output to be in smart quotes.
> Smart quotes are dangerous for programmers and technical users, and should
> be avoided in program output.
>
> Originally noticed with wget -
> https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?57356#comment1
>
> Can you change it to use only regular typed " quotes , at least with STDOUT
> / STDERR ?
All the GNU tools support localization. And there seems to be some kind
of inconsistency.
$ LANGUAGE=de cp
cp: Fehlender Dateioperand
„cp --help“ liefert weitere Informationen.
$ LANGUAGE=de wget
wget: URL fehlt
Aufruf: wget [OPTION]... [URL] …
»wget --help« gibt weitere Informationen.
Which one is correct ?
Maybe someone here can bring light into this or give us a pointer where
to get clarification.
Wes, maybe you can elaborate why you think that smart quotes are
*dangerous* ?
Regards, Tim
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- Re: smart quotes in German, Bruno Haible, 2019/12/05
- Re: GNUlib unicode encoding causes smart quotes to be displayed in program's output, Florian Weimer, 2019/12/06
- Re: GNUlib unicode encoding causes smart quotes to be displayed in program's output, Wes Hurd, 2019/12/06
- Re: GNUlib unicode encoding causes smart quotes to be displayed in program's output, Paul Eggert, 2019/12/06
- Re: GNUlib unicode encoding causes smart quotes to be displayed in program's output, Bruno Haible, 2019/12/06
- Re: GNUlib unicode encoding causes smart quotes to be displayed in program's output, Pádraig Brady, 2019/12/07
- Re: GNUlib unicode encoding causes smart quotes to be displayed in program's output, Bruno Haible, 2019/12/07
- Re: GNUlib unicode encoding causes smart quotes to be displayed in program's output, Paul Eggert, 2019/12/07
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