Re: Re: alpha version low level english

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

Adam Lindsay wrote:

>>>>I uploaded the upcoming release,
>>>> http://www.pragma-ade.com/context/alpha This version is low level
>>>>english (commands, keywords, values). It is 
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>>>>
>
>Very cool. I can't imagine how huge a job this was.
>
>While looking through mult-com and -con, I noticed a few capitalised
>words that didn't get translated:
>
>mult-con: Cijfers, Letters, Letter, MAAND, Romeins, Grieks, WEEKDAG, WOORD.
>mult-com: steloffsetin
>  
>
ok, corrected (keywords with capitals were left untouched, since they 
may be user ones)

>With every change you make, there's almost always a complaint. :) Here's mine:
>In English (American & British), "criterium" is more correctly
>"criterion". Similarly, "palet" is "palette". I have notes on other
>little complaints, but these are the big ones.
>  
>
well, you can always define a 'purified' interface (script an extra 
entry in mult-co[nm] with defaults taken fron english)

>As you have to worry about backward compatibility, I know there's not a
>lot you can do to make me happy, but my inner pedant just wanted to get
>that off his chest. :)
>  
>
no problem, as soon as >50% is crap english we can cook up a new version

btw, internally we speak of context-2 for this ll english one, after 
that comes context-4 [we skip the 3, guess why] and after that context-8 
and context-16 for other fundamental changes, so there are enough 
oppurtunities left for improvement

Hans

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