On Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 04:38:27PM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > snprintf(mesg, sizeof(mesg),
> > - _("Last %s or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK"),
> > + _("Last %s or +size, +sizeK, +sizeM or +sizeG"),
>
> I would use
>
> + _("Last %s or +size[KkMmGg]"),
>
> or are you trying to encourage use of 2^N? :)
Yes, I think 2^N is enough and more readable for end-users. IMHO
10^N is non-sense and we need it for backward compatibility only.
> Of course, if [KkMmGg] is used, somewhere it needs to tell users what
> the difference in them is.
Exactly, I don't see a space for this description in the message
(nobody reads man pages:-).
Karel
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