[PATCH] tag: allow multiple tags to be added or removed

[Christian Ebert]

* Thomas Arendsen Hein on Saturday, March 08, 2008 at 13:03:03 +0100
> * John Coomes <John.Coomes at sun.com> [20080223 09:33]:

[...]

>> +            raise util.Abort(singular_msg % ("'" + names[0] + "'"))
>> +        raise util.Abort(plural_msg % ("'" + "', '".join(names) + "'"))
> 
> Generally we try to avoid singular vs. plural messages to make
> parsing such messages (automatically and by brain) easier.

hm, depends on the kind of brain one has. I conclude mine is not
automatic, if at all present.

I always stumble over "1 changesets" and such.

> Some languages use singular for 21, 31, ... so this will get you (or
> others) in translation hell :)

hehe

>> -         _('hg tag [-l] [-m TEXT] [-d DATE] [-u USER] [-r REV] NAME')),
>> +         _('hg tag [-l] [-m TEXT] [-d DATE] [-u USER] [-r REV] NAME ...')),
> 
> Just NAME... here.

I know it's the Hg convention, and often practiced even in print,
but still: no space between word and ellipsis signals that the
word is not finished (because the speaker was interrupted for
instance):
namespace? namesake?

Of course this way we save 1 columns of screen...space ;)

nitpickily

c
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