Hey, welcome back. > Hi Rainer, > > Thanks for your follow-up email. I'm sorry it took so > long for me to get back to you. Besides my vacation > to Florida last week, I've been in class this week.
Hey, no sweat. The week has been a zoo for me anyway. We do what we can. :-)Comments inline, some excess trimmed. > Florida was in the low 60's, so it didn't end up > being too warm. In fact, I wish it had been warmer. > Still, it was nice to get away. Getting away is the main thing. :-) > I like how your name is pronounced. You're the first > Rainer (Rhine, er) I've ever met. :-) Thanks. My mom picked it. :-) She saw the name (in a certain context) and liked it. > >>>p. 16 I wonder if there's a better explanantion of > >>noun phrases, as all example items actually contain > >Mmm, OK. I may need to re-read that, as this was not > clear to me. It was probably me, and not the > writing. > > [AT] It could very well be the writing. :-) Nope, it's me. It is clearly under "List Introduction Guidelines". I just got lost looking at the deletes and additions, forgetting the topic. With the one delete gone, it will be clearer. > [AT] I bet you're right that those who originally > defined the term weren't thinking of translation or > nonnative English folks. It seems like "PC" has been > a big deal the past few years. Some user interface > designers at Sun are no longer using "disabled" as in > "disabled button." Yoiks! The whole PC thing is going a bit too far, becoming like "newspeak". I could go on a rant, but I'll bite my tongue, here. I wonder if we should add something to help translators and non-newspeak readers. Problem is, anything I can think of at the moment is either non-PC, or just sounds dumb (like "low vision or optics issues"). :-/ Re: proofing index: > [AT] Great idea. Thanks. It would be helpful to have > other eyes review the index. Do you think folks would > want to see the entire guide with the index or just > the entire index? I could provide just the index by > itself. Hmm. I'm guessing some (most?) people would want the whole thing. That would let them do spot-checks for accuracy as well as the standard layout, cleanliness, etc. Without the rest of the guide, the index item page numbers could come from a random number generator. ;-) > [AT] Your welcome, Rainer. I appreciate the > acknowledgement. :-) <bow> Rainer This message posted from opensolaris.org
