>From: Thibaut Cousin <cousin at kde.org>
> During the proof-reading phase of the french team, we discussed an old >problem : in many apps, the use of trailing points (for menu entries, etc) is >incorrect. Some trailing points are missing, some are useless. > It is too late to tackle this issue for 3.0, but it would be great to be >aware of it for the next version. > What is the official rule for the use of trailing points in an entry ? >Every time the action launched by the menu is not immediate (opens a dialog, >for example) ? Exactly -- from the KDE style guide: >Notice that every item in a menu that opens a modal dialog for further >interaction with the user must >be labelled with a trailing ellipsis (...) (e.g. Save As..., Open...). There's >no space between the >menu item and the "...". http://developer.kde.org/documentation/standards/kde/style/menus/index.html Of course, this is something that's difficult to pick up in po files, but we definitely should fix them when we find them.
