If we are still talking about the concept I phrased as "run-on sentences", a perhaps less idiomatic expression would be "excessively long sentences".
Naturally, both concepts are a bit fuzzy: Excessively long in an email message is typically more constrained than excessively long in a desktop environment. Thanks, -- Raul On Wed, Nov 24, 2021 at 5:30 PM 'Rob Hodgkinson' via Beta <[email protected]> wrote: > > Perhaps “multi line sentences to define a tacit expression”. > > Could also be regarded as “multi line tacit lambda”, but they may open a > pandora’s box. > > > On 25 Nov 2021, at 5:00 am, Brian Schott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Ian, > > > > "run-on sentences" may just mean long sentences. > > > > With some tacit verbs, it is a common practice to define pieces of the > > longer verb sentences with verbs that are finally combined. An example can > > be seen in https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Essays/moo . But normally > > adverbs and conjunctions are less readily combined, and Raul's essay is > > suggesting how this might be done with adverbs and gerunds. > > > > I am unfamiliar with KM, but I used to love an app named Quickeys which > > automated macro key sequences. My impression was that Quickeys lost its > > main strength when Mac went from version 9 to version X and I gave up on > > it. So I would be pleased to learn more about KM's ability in this regard. > > > > > > > > -- > > (B=) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
