On Saturday 15 January 2005 20:07, Chris Cannam wrote:
> On Saturday 15 Jan 2005 18:03, Athena Star wrote:
> > #: dialogs.cpp:2672
> > msgid "Load System Exclusive data in File"
> >
> > I guess the word "in" here means "from"
>
> Yes, and "in" is probably a mistake in that sentence (unlike the other
> example).  "Load System Exclusive data from File" is what's really
> intended.

No. It is the same case as yours.

> In this context "in" is the right word, it's just that the arrangement
> it's referring to is not completely straightforward.  We're importing
> part of a device description which is currently residing in a file, so
> there is no movement implicit in the preposition -- no "into" or "out
> of", just "in".

And the System Exclusive import function does not load the whole file either, 
only the first System Exclusive chunk found after exploring the file, 
discarding any data before the first 0xF0 byte, and discarding any other data 
after the first 0xF7 (end of exclusive) marker.

Regards,
Pedro



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