[Bug 943873] Re: gnome-terminal ellipses inconsistency

Raphaël Hertzog hertzog at debian.org
Thu Mar 1 15:11:00 UTC 2012


Sticking the ellipsis to the last word makes it impossible to select the
last word by double clicking on it. It's also more difficult to parse
for scripts. It's not a big deal when the word before the ellipsis is
just an English word, but when it's a dynamic value like in this case, I
believe it's not very nice to stick the ellipsis.

Note that dpkg always puts a space before its ellipsis, so it's
consistent within dpkg.

(Reading database ... 335598 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace zim 0.54-1 (using .../build-area/zim_0.54-1_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement zim ...
Setting up zim (0.54-1) ...
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info ...


** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Won't Fix

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Title:
  gnome-terminal ellipses inconsistency

Status in “dpkg” package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  I have noticed that the Terminal in Ubuntu is kind of inconsistent
  when it comes to printing out the ellipses. Let me give you two
  examples:

  (1) Reading package lists... Done
  (2) Processing triggers for man-db ...

  
  I expect for the second example to be printed out as this:

  (2) Processing triggers for man-db...

  
  Why put a space before the ellipsis? There are many cases where this inconsistency is obvious if you install a package. It would be nice to see all the ellipses stick to the last word, not separated away from it by a space. Is this fixable?

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