Index: modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module,v
retrieving revision 1.412
diff -u -r1.412 taxonomy.module
--- modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module	31 Dec 2007 16:58:34 -0000	1.412
+++ modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module	31 Jan 2008 09:00:37 -0000
@@ -415,10 +415,10 @@
   $help = ($help) ? $help : $vocabulary->help;
 
   if (!$vocabulary->multiple) {
-    $blank = ($vocabulary->required) ? t('- Please choose -') : t('- None selected -');
+    $blank = ($vocabulary->required) ? '< '. t('Please choose') .' >' : '< '. t('None selected') .' >';
   }
   else {
-    $blank = ($vocabulary->required) ? 0 : t('- None -');
+    $blank = ($vocabulary->required) ? 0 : '< '. t('none') .' >';
   }
 
   return _taxonomy_term_select(check_plain($vocabulary->name), $name, $value, $vid, $help, intval($vocabulary->multiple), $blank);
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@
     if ($tree && (count($tree) > 0)) {
       $options[$vocabulary->name] = array();
       foreach ($tree as $term) {
-        $options[$vocabulary->name][$term->tid] = str_repeat('-', $term->depth) . $term->name;
+        $options[$vocabulary->name][$term->tid] = str_repeat('--', $term->depth) . ' ' . $term->name;
       }
     }
   }
@@ -1025,7 +1025,7 @@
     foreach ($tree as $term) {
       if (!in_array($term->tid, $exclude)) {
         $choice = new stdClass();
-        $choice->option = array($term->tid => str_repeat('-', $term->depth) . $term->name);
+        $choice->option = array($term->tid => str_repeat('--', $term->depth) . ' ' . $term->name);
         $options[] = $choice;
       }
     }