On 11/29/2017 05:04 PM, Chris Pavlina wrote: > On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 03:56:20PM -0500, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: >> I typically use '%s' mainly because it's easier than escaping the double >> quote but I'm not opposed to "%s". <%s> should be avoided because some >> text controls interpret the <> as html tags. I thought we got ride of >> most if not all of the <%s> occurrences but apparently not. > > Frankly if you're putting arbitrary strings into something that > interprets the input as HTML, you should be running through an escape > function first _anyway_, and that should automatically replace < and > > with < and > ...
I agree in principal but if memory serves, there are control differences between platforms which would make implementing this less than trivial. > >> >> On 11/29/2017 3:26 PM, Simon Richter wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> we don't seem to have a consistent convention on quoting in messages >>> shown to the user, and thus we have all three of >>> >>> '%s' >>> "%s" >>> <%s> >>> >>> in format strings when referring to names (files, nets, netclasses, …). >>> >>> For the untranslated strings, I'd prefer either double or single quotes, >>> while translated messages should probably use the locale appropriate >>> quoting format. >>> >>> Which should it be? >>> >>> Simon >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp