Inconsistency in formats

Hello!

Would just like to point out some inconsistency in formats. Some places
similar information is placed in parenthesis, other places in square
brackets.

It seems to me that in most cases square brackets can be omitted from
Irssi's formats. If not, they could at least be replaced by parenthesis,
which people are more used to, and which seem to be more preferred at least
in business and academia.

There's also the fact that good typography is typography you don't notice.
I.e. you go straight into reading the material without being distracted by
its design. Like Antoine de Saint
Exupéry<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_de_Saint_Exup%C3%A9ry>said
: "It seems that perfection is reached not when there is nothing left
to add, but when there is nothing left to take away".

*Parentheses* (singular, *parenthesis*) – also called simply *brackets*, or
*round brackets*, *curved brackets*, *oval brackets*, or, colloquially, *
parens* – contain material that could be omitted without destroying or
altering the meaning of a sentence. In most writing, overuse of parentheses
is usually a sign of a badly structured text. A milder effect may be
obtained by using a pair of commas as the
delimiter<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delimiter>,
though if the sentence contains commas for other purposes visual confusion
may result.

Parentheses may be used in formal writing to add supplementary information,
such as "Sen. John McCain (R., Arizona) spoke at length." They can also
indicate shorthand for "either singular or plural" for nouns – e.g., "the
claim(s)" – or for "either masculine or feminine" in some languages
with grammatical
gender <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_gender>.[7]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bracket#cite_note-6>
vs.

Square brackets – also called simply *brackets* (US) – are mainly used to
enclose explanatory or missing material usually added by someone other than
the original author, especially in quoted
text.[9]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bracket#cite_note-8>Examples
include: "I appreciate it [the honor], but I must refuse", and
"the future of psionics [see definition] is in doubt". They may also be
used to modify quotations. For example, if referring to someone's statement
"I hate to do laundry", one could write: She "hate[s] to do laundry".

--Dwayne