Apparently, though unproven, at 01:38 on Friday 20 August 2010, Peter Humphrey did opine thusly:
> On Thursday 19 August 2010 21:21:20 Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > > So I looked up "auto-hinter" in the flagedit(1) program. It says: > > auto-hinter: Local Flag: Use the unpatented auto-hinter instead > > of the (recommended) TrueType bytecode interpreter (media- > > libs/freetype) > > > > The placement of the "(recommended)" is just a bit ambiguous. > > No, it isn't. You may be being confused by the unnecessary inclusion of > brackets (parentheses if you're American); remove them and you see that > the TrueType byte-code interpreter is recommended. Or, just consider the > phrase "the recommended TrueType bytecode interpreter", with or without > brackets. I can't see how that could be thought ambiguous. The parenthesis is actually correct as the recommendation is just an aside comment in this context. The sentence expands to: instead of the TrueType bytecode interpreter (TrueType is the recommended interpreter to use btw) -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
