Ahhh… "run-on", as in the VB continuation character at the end of a line.
(I must have been thinking of run-in, which is the negative sign in front
of your bank balance.)

Sorry: my ageing grey-matter has lately gone from terabits to kilobits.

On Wed, 24 Nov 2021 at 23:09, Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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.
> > >
> > >
> > >
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