Sorry for my language anyway. For a clearer list-of-points, please refer to http://en.arguman.org/correct-ellipses-u2026-should-be-used-for-gnome-zh_cn-l10n/15168.
On 11/16/2015 8:37 AM, Mingye Wang (Arthur2e5) wrote: > For brief info on the whole thing, please read > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=758122. All necessary info > on this can be found there and the basic point is that the 1.1 guide > is sh*t typographically. > >> For [According to] our translation guide, for zh_CN, we should use > `...' instead of `…' > > And now you know what this means. A group of programmers using their > silly aestheic to override the HIG and apply the same rules to all > software they localize. Nonsense! Those software don't even use the > same typographical considerations for msgids. > > It's acceptable for DEs/OSes not focusing on design like M$ Woe to use > such convention, but for those who care like OS X, iOS and GNOME this > is B.S. > >> as `…' is quite ugly when work with Chinese characters. > > If you use a silly typeface, you get silly output everywhere. GNOME is > not the place for workarounds for problems with ancient bugs. > > Apple uses the correct ellipses for their products, and nobody > complained about that usage. There were complaints regarding their old > font selection Heiti SC for its thin weight and poor optimization for > screen, but they fixed it by switching to a new typeface. > > -- Regards, Arthur2e5
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