Re: ... vs ...

[YunQiang Su <wzssyqa gmail com>]

On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 8:41 PM, Matthias Clasen
<matthias clasen gmail com> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 1:57 AM, YunQiang Su <wzssyqa gmail com> wrote:
> > On Sat, Nov 14, 2015 at 11:33 PM, Matthias Clasen
> > <matthias clasen gmail com> wrote:
> > > I saw a number of commits go by for: Use ... instead of … for zh_CN
> >
> > For our translation guide, for zh_CN, we should use `...' instead of `…',
> > as `…' is quite ugly when work with Chinese characters.
>
> How it looks ('ugly') is entirely determined by the font though. It
> sounds like you are trying to work around a font problem with a

Yes, it is a workaround, while not due to font itself only, and is also
some caused by font config and toolkit etc.

> system-wide string change. I don't think that is the best strategy.
> What will you do when the font you use starts to recognize three dots
> as a ligature for ...  - insert ZWNJ ? I think this should be solved
> at the font level, by ensuring that a suitable ellipsis glyph is used
> with Chinese.
I don't think replace characters will be a problem, in fact
`translation' is just replace characters ;)


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YunQiang Su