[Freeciv-Dev] [bug #14267] Featured text chatline shortcuts should be documented at helpdata.txt
Follow-up Comment #9, bug #14267 (project freeciv): In my opinion, it would be most clear to the average enduser to say it something like: This expression can also be started and finished within the same pair of brackets, like '[link target=city id=121/]' (note the slash at the end). I'm thinking that avoiding using some technical vocabulary would be easier to understand. I added the part because I didn't see the ending slash until just now... I took care about this comments to make the new patch. Thank you. I don't know of any term to describe a pair of brackets (ie, []), nor two pairs of brackets (ie, [color=xx][/color]), but neither would the majority of the people reading the helpfile. You could probably refer to [] as a bracket, brackets, bracket pair, pair of brackets, etc... At least in non-perfect spoken English, I don't have a book of grammar, just going by what sounds right to me, and how I would probably say it. It is kind of ambiguous to me what the technically correct way of saying it is. I guess that the current version of the patch is enough good to be included in the svn repository. If a fanatic of English language assumes that it is notfully correct, he could make other suggestions... (file #6729) ___ Additional Item Attachment: File name: trunk_S2_2_ft_helptext2.diff Size:4 KB ___ Reply to this item at: http://gna.org/bugs/?14267 ___ Message posté via/par Gna! http://gna.org/ ___ Freeciv-dev mailing list Freeciv-dev@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/freeciv-dev
[Freeciv-Dev] [bug #14267] Featured text chatline shortcuts should be documented at helpdata.txt
Follow-up Comment #7, bug #14267 (project freeciv):
What about something like This sequence is also available
within single bracket pair, like '[link target=city id=121/]'.
Patch attached.
Native speaker should replace single bracket pair with correct
term :-) (does 'single bracket' mean only '(' or does it mean
'()'?)
'(' is a bracket as far as know, so a bracket pair is probably '()'.
(file #6705)
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[Freeciv-Dev] [bug #14267] Featured text chatline shortcuts should be documented at helpdata.txt
Follow-up Comment #6, bug #14267 (project freeciv):
What do you mean by This sequence is also available in single
mode, like '[link target=city id=121/]'. I am not sure what
single mode means, I assume its that you start and end the
link in the same bracket, but this is confusing. I can't think
of a better way to say it though.
What about something like This sequence is also available within single
bracket pair, like '[link target=city id=121/]'.
Native speaker should replace single bracket pair with correct term :-)
(does 'single bracket' mean only '(' or does it mean '()'?)
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[Freeciv-Dev] [bug #14267] Featured text chatline shortcuts should be documented at helpdata.txt
Follow-up Comment #3, bug #14267 (project freeciv): I attempted to do a first version: not a patch yet, but a full text file. (file #6635) ___ Additional Item Attachment: File name: ft_help.txtSize:3 KB ___ Reply to this item at: http://gna.org/bugs/?14267 ___ Message posté via/par Gna! http://gna.org/ ___ Freeciv-dev mailing list Freeciv-dev@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/freeciv-dev
[Freeciv-Dev] [bug #14267] Featured text chatline shortcuts should be documented at helpdata.txt
Follow-up Comment #4, bug #14267 (project freeciv): Your English is very good, I only removed some unnecessary small words, changed embellishments to changes (an embellishment is usually thought of as a lie, although you did use it correctly), and added a few small words to be more clear. Mostly subtle grammar. What do you mean by This sequence is also available in single mode, like '[link target=city id=121/]'. I am not sure what single mode means, I assume its that you start and end the link in the same bracket, but this is confusing. I can't think of a better way to say it though. (file #6637) ___ Additional Item Attachment: File name: ft_help2.txt Size:3 KB ___ Reply to this item at: http://gna.org/bugs/?14267 ___ Message sent via/by Gna! http://gna.org/ ___ Freeciv-dev mailing list Freeciv-dev@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/freeciv-dev
[Freeciv-Dev] [bug #14267] Featured text chatline shortcuts should be documented at helpdata.txt
Follow-up Comment #5, bug #14267 (project freeciv): Your English is very good, I only removed some unnecessary small words, changed embellishments to changes (an embellishment is usually thought of as a lie, although you did use it correctly), and added a few small words to be more clear. Mostly subtle grammar. It's really the first someone compliments me about my English :) What do you mean by This sequence is also available in single mode, like '[link target=city id=121/]'. I am not sure what single mode means, I assume its that you start and end the link in the same bracket, but this is confusing. I can't think of a better way to say it though. Actually, I don't know that word in English. In XML, there are stuff/stuff which are also available from stuff/. It is the same case, I don't know how to explain that in English... ___ Reply to this item at: http://gna.org/bugs/?14267 ___ Message posté via/par Gna! http://gna.org/ ___ Freeciv-dev mailing list Freeciv-dev@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/freeciv-dev
[Freeciv-Dev] [bug #14267] Featured text chatline shortcuts should be documented at helpdata.txt
Follow-up Comment #1, bug #14267 (project freeciv): It is actually in my featured text thread TODO list... I would like to do it at last, to be sure it won't be modified after. Unfortunately, I am not sure to be able to write it in a correct English, so I hope you, or someone else would read over this. ___ Reply to this item at: http://gna.org/bugs/?14267 ___ Message posté via/par Gna! http://gna.org/ ___ Freeciv-dev mailing list Freeciv-dev@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/freeciv-dev
[Freeciv-Dev] [bug #14267] Featured text chatline shortcuts should be documented at helpdata.txt
Follow-up Comment #2, bug #14267 (project freeciv): I would be happy to fix the English for you, if you could write an understandable draft. ___ Reply to this item at: http://gna.org/bugs/?14267 ___ Message sent via/by Gna! http://gna.org/ ___ Freeciv-dev mailing list Freeciv-dev@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/freeciv-dev
