On 7/24/06, Thomas Adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 24/07/06, Jacob Bachmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> seventh guardian wrote:
> > On 7/23/06, Jacob Bachmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> seventh guardian wrote:
> >> > Ok, what about this:
> >> >
> >> > Some options are now deactivated by prefixing ! to the option. This
> >> > will eventually be the default, and the old negative options are
> >> > now deprecated.
> >> > This is a list of MenuStyle deprecated negative options:
> >> > AutomaticHotkeysOff, HilightBackOff, TitleWarpOff
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > It's a bit more conservative, yet should still be useful :)
> >> >
> >> > Cheers
> >> > Renato
> >>
> >> "the default" in that could be confusing to new users, how about "the
> >> preferred form"?
> >>
> >> ("default" could be taken as all options will be default off.)
> >
> > You're right. But it will not be the preferred method, it will be the
> > only method (hence the other methods being deprecated). Can you find
> > me a word for "the only method" that fits here? :)
> >
> > Cheers
> > Renato
> >
> >> This would be:
> >>
> >> Some options are now deactivated by prefixing ! to the option. This
> >> will eventually be the preferred form, and the old negative forms are
> >> now deprecated.
>
>
> Ok, how about:
>
> Some options are now deactivated by prefixing ! to the option. This
^^^^^^^^^^^^
I wouldn't use that word. This seems to be becoming more complex when
it's actually very simple. Rewording the sentence above, and adding
what you have below should be sufficient. I would simply reword that
sentence as:
Some options can now be negated by prefixing ``!'' to the option.
Sounds good.
> will soon be the preferred form for all such options. Any negatable
> option for which ! does not work should be reported as a bug. The other
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This is unnecessary, at least for now, as we should know what doesn't
work. Besides, it is obvious that things that _are_documented_ and
don't work as documented should be reported as bugs.
> negative forms are now deprecated and will be removed in FVWM X.Y.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
In here I would prefer "the future". Because we don't really know when
it will be removed. I would prefer it being removed previous to the
2.6 release, as we are growing to have more compatibility options than
real options :P . But I bet thats not the opinion of most of us, so..
Future it should be :)
Does everybody agree with something like this:
Some options are now negated by prefixing ! to the option. This will soon
be the preferred form for all such options. The other negative forms are
now deprecated and will be removed in the future.
Cheers
Renato
-- Thomas Adam
