From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 9600 invoked from network); 14 Apr 2007 14:39:29 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.8 (2007-02-13) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FORGED_RCVD_HELO autolearn=ham version=3.1.8 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 14 Apr 2007 14:39:29 -0000 Received-SPF: none (ns1.primenet.com.au: domain at sunsite.dk does not designate permitted sender hosts) Received: (qmail 24058 invoked from network); 14 Apr 2007 14:39:24 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 14 Apr 2007 14:39:24 -0000 Received: (qmail 3814 invoked by alias); 14 Apr 2007 14:39:20 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 23274 Received: (qmail 3798 invoked from network); 14 Apr 2007 14:39:19 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 14 Apr 2007 14:39:19 -0000 Received: (qmail 23802 invoked from network); 14 Apr 2007 14:39:19 -0000 Received: from acolyte.scowler.net (216.254.112.45) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 14 Apr 2007 14:39:16 -0000 Received: by acolyte.scowler.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 393061C001; Sat, 14 Apr 2007 10:39:15 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 10:39:15 -0400 From: Clint Adams To: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk Cc: Michael Schutte , 419233-forwarded@bugs.debian.org Subject: Re: Bug#419233: zsh: error messages start with lowercase letters Message-ID: <20070414143915.GA1397@scowler.net> Mail-Followup-To: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk, Michael Schutte , 419233-forwarded@bugs.debian.org References: <20070414140521.GA6436@debian.homenet> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070414140521.GA6436@debian.homenet> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) On Sat, Apr 14, 2007 at 04:05:21PM +0200, Michael Schutte wrote: > $ cd 404 > cd: datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden: 404 > > zsh puts the first character of an error message into lowercase. While > one may find that this looks better in English, it is clearly wrong in > German where nouns are always capitalized. A patch is attached. Anyone have a clever idea on how to retain the historical behavior in English-speaking locales? > diff -ur zsh-4.3.2.orig/Src/utils.c zsh-4.3.2/Src/utils.c > --- zsh-4.3.2.orig/Src/utils.c 2007-04-14 15:38:58.000000000 +0200 > +++ zsh-4.3.2/Src/utils.c 2007-04-14 15:39:57.000000000 +0200 > @@ -171,15 +171,7 @@ > errflag = 1; > return; > } > - /* If the message is not about I/O problems, it looks better * > - * if we uncapitalize the first letter of the message */ > - if (num == EIO) > - fputs(strerror(num), stderr); > - else { > - char *errmsg = strerror(num); > - fputc(tulower(errmsg[0]), stderr); > - fputs(errmsg + 1, stderr); > - } > + fputs(strerror(num), stderr); > break; > } > } else {