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--- Begin Message ---On Sat, Apr 14, 2007 at 04:05:21PM +0200, Michael Schutte wrote: > $ cd 404 > cd: datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden: 404 > > zsh puts the first character of an error message into lowercase. While > one may find that this looks better in English, it is clearly wrong in > German where nouns are always capitalized. A patch is attached. Anyone have a clever idea on how to retain the historical behavior in English-speaking locales? > diff -ur zsh-4.3.2.orig/Src/utils.c zsh-4.3.2/Src/utils.c > --- zsh-4.3.2.orig/Src/utils.c 2007-04-14 15:38:58.000000000 +0200 > +++ zsh-4.3.2/Src/utils.c 2007-04-14 15:39:57.000000000 +0200 > @@ -171,15 +171,7 @@ > errflag = 1; > return; > } > - /* If the message is not about I/O problems, it looks better * > - * if we uncapitalize the first letter of the message */ > - if (num == EIO) > - fputs(strerror(num), stderr); > - else { > - char *errmsg = strerror(num); > - fputc(tulower(errmsg[0]), stderr); > - fputs(errmsg + 1, stderr); > - } > + fputs(strerror(num), stderr); > break; > } > } else {
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