[systemd-devel] [PATCH] Use normal English elide in place of ellipsize

[Barry Scott]

On Tue 04 Feb 2014 16:15:52 Colin Guthrie wrote:
> If we do want to describe the action taken rather than the effect, then
> I would use the word "truncate" here, rather than elide as this is
> really what happens now as implemented.

But the output is not truncated. Here is example from my system:

home-build\x2dvm-de...onelan\x2df16\x2d5-home-bscott.mount loaded active 
mounted   /home/build-vm/dev64-onelan-f16-5/home/bscott

The middle has been removed, not the end.

Barry