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[Alfredo Hernández <aldomann.designs@xxxxxxxxx>]

This seems to be relevant too:
http://worldofgnome.org/unicode-a-potential-typography-goal-for-gnome/


On 5 December 2012 20:58, Cassidy James <cassidy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Ah. Yeah, I definitely think we need to be consistent and use the actual
> Unicode string everywhere. It's different from three consecutive full
> stops, and we should be treating it as such.
>  On Dec 5, 2012 11:55 AM, "Alfredo Hernández" <aldomann.designs@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Well, they are not being used in the apps' translatable strings then.
>> El 05/12/2012 18:35, "Cassidy James" <cassidy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> escribió:
>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: "Cassidy James" <cassidy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Date: Dec 5, 2012 11:29 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Elementary-dev-community] Unicode ellipsis
>>> To: "Ramiro Algozino" <algozino@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> Cc: "Cody Garver" <cody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> You mean we haven't been doing this? It's been in our HIG for ages:
>>> http://elementaryos.org/docs/human-interface-guidelines/text/using-ellipses
>>> On Dec 5, 2012 9:59 AM, "Ramiro Algozino" <algozino@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Reding the post, I ended reading a bug report associated in some manner
>>>> with this, I think is worth noticing that you can use the ratio unicode
>>>> symbol insted of the character ":" in time notations like the time in the
>>>> WingPanel. See
>>>> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=689184#attach_230039
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2012/12/5 Cody Garver <cody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>
>>>>> You are all right. Report a bug and Also Affect the relevant projects.
>>>>> Set the bug status to Triaged and we will handle it in the future. The only
>>>>> project that comes to mind first that uses an ellipsis is Files.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 8:26 AM, Alfredo Hernández <
>>>>> aldomann.designs@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I was about to write about this too. In my honest opinion, this would
>>>>>> be a very good detail. But my answer is, can this be done before Luna's
>>>>>> release? Since we have lots of translation teams, it would take quite long
>>>>>> to translate those strings again.
>>>>>> El 05/12/2012 14:06, "David Gomes" <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> escribió:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  Hey guys, I just read this (
>>>>>>> http://worldofgnome.org/gnome-to-use-the-unicode-ellipsis-instead-of-three-periods/
>>>>>>> ).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I was thinking maybe we should make the switch too? What are
>>>>>>> everybody's opinions on this? I know this is not a priority, but details
>>>>>>> matter and I'm curious.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> David "Munchor" Gomes
>>>>>>>
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