On Wednesday, October 13, 2004, at 20:22:19 [UTC+0200] (Wednesday, October 13, 2004 20:22 my local time) Daniel Vollmer wrote:
> The Bat 3.0.1 (English) is quite inconsequential in its usage of > "..." in menu entries to denote a further (modal) dialogue. > For example "Options -> Preferences" lacks these, whereas "Message > -> Print..." has them. > Is there some sort of system I haven't grasped, or is it just > something to be added to the BTS? About a month ago on the mailing list for translators there was a discussion about use of ellipsis, based on Microsoft recommendations. Maxim Masiutin stated there, according MS documents: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnwue/html/ch14d.asp ,------ [ from Max message: ] | Here is what they recommend: | | > Do not include an ellipsis for a Properties command. The user does not | > have to indicate what object to show properties for or what property to | > show. Even though the user can use this command to change options, the | > command's intended primary action is to display those options. Similar | > common examples include Options, Settings, Advanced, and Preferences. `---------- The English interface follows this recommendation. However, not every translator has been convinced by Max (I was only partially) and here we have differences in different languages. -- Best regards, Zygmunt Wereszczynski (Using The Bat! v3.0.1.33 on Windows 2000 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 4 with BayesIt! 0.7.3) ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 3.0.1.33 RC/10 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
