Use ASCII ellipses throughout

README.md

@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ zot can run as a telegram bot so you can DM it from your phone. Two ways to run
 Type `/telegram` in the running TUI to open a picker with **connect**, **disconnect**, and **status**. When connected:
 
 - DMs from the paired user become prompts in the **same** session you're typing in, so you can continue a conversation from the terminal on your phone and back again.
-- Messages you type in the TUI are mirrored into the Telegram thread prefixed `you: …` and the assistant's replies come back prefixed `zot: …`, so the Telegram chat stays a complete record of both sides of the conversation.
+- Messages you type in the TUI are mirrored into the Telegram thread prefixed `you: ...` and the assistant's replies come back prefixed `zot: ...`, so the Telegram chat stays a complete record of both sides of the conversation.
 - Messages sent from Telegram show up as your own bubble in Telegram (no mirror) and the assistant's reply to them comes back bare (no prefix).
 - The status bar shows a `- tg -` tag while the bridge is active.
 - `/telegram connect` / `/telegram disconnect` / `/telegram status` (or `/tg`) also work as direct commands without the picker.

docs/rpc.md

@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ Every line in either direction is one JSON object terminated by `\n`. Object bou
 
 | `type` | Direction | Description |
 |---|---|---|
-| any command (`prompt`, `abort`, …) | client → server | Request |
+| any command (`prompt`, `abort`, ...) | client → server | Request |
 | `response` | server → client | Reply to one command, correlated by `id` |
-| any event (`text_delta`, `tool_call`, …) | server → client | Stream notification (no `id`) |
+| any event (`text_delta`, `tool_call`, ...) | server → client | Stream notification (no `id`) |
 
 ## Commands
 

examples/extensions/scratchpad/README.md

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ The model also has a `read_notes` tool. Ask it:
 
 > "What did I tell you to remember?"
 
-…and it will call the tool and tell you.
+...and it will call the tool and tell you.
 
 ## Storage
 

internal/agent/botcmd.go

@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ func openOrCreateSessionForBot(args Args, r Resolved, ag *core.Agent, version st
 	return s, nil, err
 }
 
-// maskToken returns "123456:ABC…xyz" so copies of zot telegram-bot status can be
+// maskToken returns "123456:ABC...xyz" so copies of zot telegram-bot status can be
 // pasted into bug reports without leaking the full token.
 func maskToken(tok string) string {
 	if len(tok) <= 10 {
@@ -436,13 +436,13 @@ func maskToken(tok string) string {
 	// telegram tokens look like "123456789:ABCD..." — keep the id, mask the body.
 	i := strings.IndexByte(tok, ':')
 	if i < 0 {
-		return tok[:4] + "…" + tok[len(tok)-4:]
+		return tok[:4] + "..." + tok[len(tok)-4:]
 	}
 	body := tok[i+1:]
 	if len(body) < 8 {
 		return tok[:i+1] + "<hidden>"
 	}
-	return tok[:i+1] + body[:3] + "…" + body[len(body)-3:]
+	return tok[:i+1] + body[:3] + "..." + body[len(body)-3:]
 }
 
 // _ compile-time hint so the strconv import stays if we later add numeric parsing.

internal/agent/modes/confirm_dialog.go

@@ -216,7 +216,11 @@ func (d *confirmDialog) Render(th tui.Theme, width int) []string {
 		// Truncate the tail if the line would exceed width; keeps
 		// the option numbers always visible.
 		if visibleLen(plain) > width-2 {
-			plain = plain[:width-3] + "\u2026"
+			if width <= 5 {
+				plain = "..."[:max(0, width-2)]
+			} else {
+				plain = plain[:width-5] + "..."
+			}
 		}
 		if i == cursor {
 			lines = append(lines, th.PadHighlight(plain, width))

internal/agent/modes/help.go

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func renderHelpBlock(th tui.Theme, width int) []string {
 	}
 
 	// Label column width uses display cells, not byte length, so
-	// single-cell multibyte runes (← → - …) don't over-count and leave
+	// single-cell multibyte runes (← → - ...) don't over-count and leave
 	// a raggedy right edge. `len("alt+← / alt+→")` is 17 bytes but
 	// only 13 cells; padding off byte length would either overshoot
 	// (setting labelWidth too high and wasting space on every row)

internal/agent/modes/interactive.go

@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ func (i *Interactive) buildChatLocked(cols int) []string {
 		// narrow terminal.
 		line := "✓ " + i.statusOK
 		if cols > 4 && len(line) > cols {
-			line = line[:cols-1] + "…"
+			line = line[:cols-3] + "..."
 		}
 		chat = append(chat, i.cfg.Theme.FG256(i.cfg.Theme.Tool, line), "")
 	}
@@ -1305,7 +1305,7 @@ func clipBottomClippedImages(lines []string) []string {
 		// fixed status bar area. Suppress that image for this frame.
 		//
 		// When the image lives inside a tool box, the reservation rows
-		// are wrapped in vertical box edges ("│  …  │"); those rows
+		// are wrapped in vertical box edges ("│  ...  │"); those rows
 		// look non-blank under a naive whitespace check but are still
 		// reservation rows for this scan, so treat them as blank.
 		foundInfo := false
@@ -1329,7 +1329,7 @@ func clipBottomClippedImages(lines []string) []string {
 // stripping ANSI escape sequences, surrounding whitespace, and the
 // vertical box edges drawn by the tool-box renderer. Used by
 // clipBottomClippedImages so an image's reservation rows still count
-// as blank when those rows are wrapped in "│  …  │" inside a tool box.
+// as blank when those rows are wrapped in "│  ...  │" inside a tool box.
 func isBoxBlankLine(line string) bool {
 	stripped := stripANSIBytes(line)
 	stripped = strings.TrimSpace(stripped)
@@ -1338,7 +1338,7 @@ func isBoxBlankLine(line string) bool {
 	return stripped == ""
 }
 
-// stripANSIBytes removes ANSI CSI escape sequences (ESC '[' … final
+// stripANSIBytes removes ANSI CSI escape sequences (ESC '[' ... final
 // byte) from s without pulling in the regexp package. Mirrors the
 // internal helper in package tui; the duplicated copy avoids exporting
 // it just for one caller.
@@ -1423,10 +1423,10 @@ func truncateLine(s string, n int) string {
 	if len(runes) <= n {
 		return s
 	}
-	if n <= 1 {
-		return "…"
+	if n <= 3 {
+		return strings.Repeat(".", n)
 	}
-	return string(runes[:n-1]) + "…"
+	return string(runes[:n-3]) + "..."
 }
 
 // ctrlCExitWindow is how long after a ctrl+c press a *second* press
@@ -3626,7 +3626,7 @@ func (i *Interactive) startTurnWithImages(parent context.Context, prompt string,
 			i.queued = append([]string{prompt}, i.queued...)
 		}
 		i.statusErr = ""
-		i.extNotes = append(i.extNotes, autoCompactNoteLine(i.cfg.Theme, "context near limit — condensing history before sending…"))
+		i.extNotes = append(i.extNotes, autoCompactNoteLine(i.cfg.Theme, "context near limit — condensing history before sending..."))
 		i.pendingPostCompactNote = "context auto-compacted; sending your last message"
 		i.mu.Unlock()
 		i.invalidate()
@@ -4042,7 +4042,7 @@ func (i *Interactive) runReloadExt(ctx context.Context) {
 		return
 	}
 	i.mu.Lock()
-	i.statusOK = "reloading extensions…"
+	i.statusOK = "reloading extensions..."
 	i.statusErr = ""
 	i.mu.Unlock()
 	i.invalidate()

internal/agent/modes/jump_dialog.go

@@ -169,7 +169,11 @@ func formatJumpRowPlain(t jumpTarget, maxWidth int) string {
 	}
 	preview := t.Preview
 	if len(preview) > room {
-		preview = preview[:room-1] + "\u2026"
+		if room <= 3 {
+			preview = "..."[:room]
+		} else {
+			preview = preview[:room-3] + "..."
+		}
 	}
 	return left + preview
 }

internal/agent/modes/model_dialog.go

@@ -188,10 +188,10 @@ func (d *modelDialog) Render(th tui.Theme, width int) []string {
 	}
 
 	if start > 0 {
-		lines = append(lines, th.FG256(th.Muted, fmt.Sprintf("   … %d more above", start)))
+		lines = append(lines, th.FG256(th.Muted, fmt.Sprintf("   ... %d more above", start)))
 	}
 	if end < len(d.view) {
-		lines = append(lines, th.FG256(th.Muted, fmt.Sprintf("   … %d more below", len(d.view)-end)))
+		lines = append(lines, th.FG256(th.Muted, fmt.Sprintf("   ... %d more below", len(d.view)-end)))
 	}
 
 	lines = append(lines, frameRule(th, width))

internal/agent/modes/rescue_dialog.go

@@ -165,10 +165,10 @@ func (d *rescueDialog) Render(th tui.Theme, width int) []string {
 		}
 	}
 	if start > 0 {
-		lines = append(lines, th.FG256(th.Muted, fmt.Sprintf("   … %d more above", start)))
+		lines = append(lines, th.FG256(th.Muted, fmt.Sprintf("   ... %d more above", start)))
 	}
 	if end < len(d.view) {
-		lines = append(lines, th.FG256(th.Muted, fmt.Sprintf("   … %d more below", len(d.view)-end)))
+		lines = append(lines, th.FG256(th.Muted, fmt.Sprintf("   ... %d more below", len(d.view)-end)))
 	}
 
 	lines = append(lines, frameRule(th, width))
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ func shortError(msg string) string {
 	if len(msg) <= max {
 		return msg
 	}
-	return msg[:max] + "…"
+	return msg[:max] + "..."
 }
 
 // extractFailedProvider tries to pull the failing provider name out

internal/agent/modes/session_dialog.go

@@ -193,13 +193,17 @@ func formatSessionRowPlain(s core.SessionSummary, maxWidth int) string {
 	}
 	runes := []rune(summary)
 	if len(runes) > room {
-		summary = string(runes[:room-1]) + "…"
+		summary = string(runes[:room-3]) + "..."
 	}
 	row := left + summary
 	// Hard clamp: ensure the full row never exceeds maxWidth.
 	rowRunes := []rune(row)
 	if len(rowRunes) > maxWidth {
-		row = string(rowRunes[:maxWidth-1]) + "…"
+		if maxWidth <= 3 {
+			row = strings.Repeat(".", maxWidth)
+		} else {
+			row = string(rowRunes[:maxWidth-3]) + "..."
+		}
 	}
 	return row
 }

internal/agent/modes/session_tree_dialog.go

@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ func formatTreeRow(n *core.TreeNode) string {
 		}
 	}
 	if len(preview) > 50 {
-		preview = preview[:49] + "\u2026"
+		preview = preview[:47] + "..."
 	}
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%-14s %s  %d msgs", when, preview, n.Summary.MessageCount)
 }

internal/agent/modes/skills_dialog.go

@@ -173,7 +173,11 @@ func formatSkillRow(s *skills.Skill, maxWidth int) string {
 	}
 	desc := s.Description
 	if len(desc) > room {
-		desc = desc[:room-1] + "\u2026"
+		if room <= 3 {
+			desc = strings.Repeat(".", room)
+		} else {
+			desc = desc[:room-3] + "..."
+		}
 	}
 	return left + desc + src
 }
@@ -185,10 +189,10 @@ func truncateLineSafe(s string, n int) string {
 	if len(r) <= n {
 		return s
 	}
-	if n <= 1 {
-		return "\u2026"
+	if n <= 3 {
+		return strings.Repeat(".", n)
 	}
-	return string(r[:n-1]) + "\u2026"
+	return string(r[:n-3]) + "..."
 }
 
 // visibleWindow centers cursor in a window of size n within total

internal/agent/modes/swarm_dialog.go

@@ -1357,12 +1357,16 @@ func formatSwarmRow(r swarm.AgentSnapshot, maxWidth int) string {
 		act = r.Task
 	}
 	if len([]rune(act)) > room {
-		act = string([]rune(act)[:room-1]) + "…"
+		act = string([]rune(act)[:room-3]) + "..."
 	}
 	row := left + act
 	rowRunes := []rune(row)
 	if len(rowRunes) > maxWidth {
-		row = string(rowRunes[:maxWidth-1]) + "…"
+		if maxWidth <= 3 {
+			row = strings.Repeat(".", maxWidth)
+		} else {
+			row = string(rowRunes[:maxWidth-3]) + "..."
+		}
 	}
 	return row
 }

internal/agent/swarm_agent.go

@@ -254,7 +254,10 @@ func truncateForLog(s string, n int) string {
 	if len(s) <= n {
 		return s
 	}
-	return s[:n-1] + "…"
+	if n <= 3 {
+		return strings.Repeat(".", n)
+	}
+	return s[:n-3] + "..."
 }
 
 // _ keeps the provider import used; provider types may surface

internal/agent/updatecmd.go

@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ func runUpdate(version string) error {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 120*time.Second)
 	defer cancel()
 
-	fmt.Println("zot update: querying latest release…")
+	fmt.Println("zot update: querying latest release...")
 	tag, releaseURL, err := fetchLatestRelease(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("query latest release: %w", err)
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ func runUpdate(version string) error {
 	// users can clear /tmp themselves.
 	defer func() { _ = os.RemoveAll(tmp) }()
 
-	fmt.Println("zot update: downloading checksums.txt…")
+	fmt.Println("zot update: downloading checksums.txt...")
 	sumsPath := filepath.Join(tmp, "checksums.txt")
 	if err := downloadFile(ctx, sumsURL, sumsPath); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("download checksums: %w", err)
@@ -157,13 +157,13 @@ func runUpdate(version string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	fmt.Println("zot update: downloading archive…")
+	fmt.Println("zot update: downloading archive...")
 	archivePath := filepath.Join(tmp, assetName)
 	if err := downloadFile(ctx, assetURL, archivePath); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("download archive: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	fmt.Println("zot update: verifying checksum…")
+	fmt.Println("zot update: verifying checksum...")
 	gotSum, err := sha256File(archivePath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("hash archive: %w", err)
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ func runUpdate(version string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("checksum mismatch for %s: got %s, want %s", assetName, gotSum, wantSum)
 	}
 
-	fmt.Println("zot update: extracting…")
+	fmt.Println("zot update: extracting...")
 	extractDir := filepath.Join(tmp, "extracted")
 	if err := os.MkdirAll(extractDir, 0o755); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("mkdir extract: %w", err)

internal/core/confirm.go

@@ -177,5 +177,8 @@ func truncatePreview(s string, n int) string {
 	if len(s) <= n {
 		return s
 	}
-	return s[:n-1] + "\u2026"
+	if n <= 3 {
+		return "..."[:n]
+	}
+	return s[:n-3] + "..."
 }

internal/core/confirm_test.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package core
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
 )
@@ -180,5 +181,5 @@ func TestBuildPreview(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func hasEllipsis(s string) bool {
-	return len(s) > 0 && s[len(s)-len("\u2026"):] == "\u2026"
+	return strings.HasSuffix(s, "...")
 }

internal/swarm/swarm.go

@@ -509,7 +509,10 @@ func truncate(s string, n int) string {
 	if len(s) <= n {
 		return s
 	}
-	return s[:n-1] + "…"
+	if n <= 3 {
+		return strings.Repeat(".", n)
+	}
+	return s[:n-3] + "..."
 }
 
 func lastN(lines []string, n int) []string {

internal/tui/editor.go

@@ -1160,7 +1160,7 @@ func max(a, b int) int {
 }
 
 // pasteCollapseLineThreshold and pasteCollapseCharThreshold govern
-// when a bracketed paste gets collapsed to a [pasted text #N …]
+// when a bracketed paste gets collapsed to a [pasted text #N ...]
 // placeholder instead of being inserted inline. Either trigger
 // alone is enough — a 500-line log dump and a 1200-character
 // one-line log entry both bloat the editor in ways the user

internal/tui/view.go

@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ func (v *View) renderMessage(m provider.Message, width int, turnOpen bool) []str
 					// before the metadata caption) are tagged with the
 					// imageFootprintSentinel by renderImageBlock. Strip
 					// the tag, parse the optional width hint, then wrap
-					// the row in the usual │ … │ box edges so the
+					// the row in the usual │ ... │ box edges so the
 					// frame stays continuous around the image.
 					imgCells, stripped := parseImageFootprint(line)
 					if hasImageEscapeLine(stripped) {
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ func (v *View) renderLiveToolBody(tc ToolCallView, width int) []string {
 }
 
 // wrapLiveBody returns the streaming body content as a list of
-// box-side rows: each line wrapped in │ … │ with right padding so
+// box-side rows: each line wrapped in │ ... │ with right padding so
 // the closing edge sits at column width-1. The caller (renderToolCall)
 // supplies the surrounding top/bottom edges so the live overlay
 // renders as a closed box matching the finalised transcript form.
@@ -848,10 +848,10 @@ func toolBoxTop(th Theme, label string, width int) string {
 		// terminals (the chat column is usually wide enough).
 		over := -fill
 		runes := []rune(label)
-		if over+1 < len(runes) {
-			label = string(runes[:len(runes)-over-1]) + "…"
+		if over+3 < len(runes) {
+			label = string(runes[:len(runes)-over-3]) + "..."
 		} else {
-			label = "…"
+			label = "..."
 		}
 		used = visibleWidth(prefix) + visibleWidth(label) + visibleWidth(suffix)
 		fill = w - used - 1
@@ -906,7 +906,7 @@ func hasImageEscapeLine(s string) bool {
 // imageFootprintSentinel marks rows that belong to an inline-image's
 // reserved footprint — the escape row plus the blank rows below it
 // plus the gap row before the metadata caption. Any consumer that
-// wraps content in box edges (│ … │) detects the sentinel, strips
+// wraps content in box edges (│ ... │) detects the sentinel, strips
 // it, and emits the row — the image graphics rectangle paints over
 // whatever was drawn there. Uses a non-printing C0 control byte so
 // it can never appear in normal text or in an ANSI escape sequence
@@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@ func (v *View) collapseToolBody(lines []string, hasImage bool) []string {
 // colors matching git diff conventions.
 func (v *View) renderToolText(text string, width, defaultColor int, sourcePath string, startLine int) []string {
 	// Legacy path: transcripts saved before we dropped line numbers
-	// from the read tool still carry "     1\t…" prefixes. Detect and
+	// from the read tool still carry "     1\t..." prefixes. Detect and
 	// strip them, then fall through to the highlighter.
 	if looksLikeNumberedFile(text) {
 		return v.renderNumberedFile(text, sourcePath)
@@ -1308,7 +1308,10 @@ func (v *View) renderDiffRow(line string, width, color int, lineNo int, mark byt
 	// output is unreliable.
 	maxCode := width - 4 /* indent */ - 7 /* gutter (sign+5 digits+tab) */
 	if maxCode > 0 && len(code) > maxCode {
-		trunc := code[:maxCode-1] + "…"
+		trunc := strings.Repeat(".", maxCode)
+		if maxCode > 3 {
+			trunc = code[:maxCode-3] + "..."
+		}
 		if lang != "" {
 			if h := HighlightCode(trunc, lang); len(h) == 1 {
 				codeRendered = h[0]
@@ -1379,7 +1382,7 @@ func (v *View) renderImageBlock(b provider.ImageBlock, width int) []string {
 			// edge plus a small interior gutter so the image rectangle
 			// sits visibly inside the frame instead of kissing the │.
 			// The escape row carries a width hint after the sentinel
-			// ("\x1e<cells>\x1e\u2026") so toolBoxSide knows how many
+			// ("\x1e<cells>\x1e...") so toolBoxSide knows how many
 			// cells the image occupies and can pad to the right edge.
 			widthHint := fmt.Sprintf("%s%d%s", imageFootprintSentinel, actualCells, imageFootprintSentinel)
 			out := make([]string, 0, rows+3)
@@ -1680,7 +1683,7 @@ func (v *View) renderUnifiedDiff(text string, width int, sourcePath string) []st
 			continue
 		}
 		if l == "..." {
-			out = append(out, "    "+v.Theme.FG256(v.Theme.Muted, "…"))
+			out = append(out, "    "+v.Theme.FG256(v.Theme.Muted, "..."))
 			continue
 		}
 		switch l[0] {
@@ -1899,7 +1902,7 @@ func truncateLines(s string, n int) string {
 	if len(lines) <= n {
 		return s
 	}
-	return strings.Join(lines[:n], "\n") + "\n  … (" + fmt.Sprintf("%d", len(lines)-n) + " more)"
+	return strings.Join(lines[:n], "\n") + "\n  ... (" + fmt.Sprintf("%d", len(lines)-n) + " more)"
 }
 
 // renderCompactionBlock renders a compaction summary as a distinct