Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> I wonder if we can do something like >> >> git_spawn_editor() >> { >> const char *EL = "\033[K"; /* Erase in Line */ >> >> /* notice the lack of terminating LF */ >> fprintf(stderr, "Launching your editor..."); > > "It takes quite some time to launch this special Git Editor" > > As Lars pointed out, the editor may be launched in the background, > that the user would not know, but they might expect a thing to > pop up as a modal dialog as is always with UIs. > > So despite it being technically wrong at this point in time, > I would phrase it in past tense or in a way that indicates that the > user needs to take action already. > > The "Launching..." sounds as if I need to wait for an event to occur. Heh, I wasn't expecting phrasing nitpicks when I was trying to help the thread by trying to come up with a way to avoid vertical space wastage.