Chapter 2 available here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/sg0wa8l87o9vnog/darktable-usermanual-130219-ch2.pdf
On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 12:36 PM, Ammon Riley <[email protected]> wrote: > At that pace, feel free to take the section that Ulrich gave me, too. :) > > On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 12:34 PM, Mark Garrow <[email protected]> wrote: >> I have completed chapters 4,5,6 and part of 7. Please review. If you have >> any issues or questions about any of the proposed changes let me know :) >> The file is available here... >> https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0Bx4LKjIszYzdX1BtLWZDaTltVlU/edit?usp=sharing >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 10:22 AM, Colin Adams <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> On 5 March 2013 18:12, Mark Garrow <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > "Set' and 'Sets' appear to be used interchangeably as first words in a >>> > number of paragraph/statements ..... as in 'Set the density of >>> > the >>> > filter ......'. I read these instances of usage as instructions and >>> > not as >>> > command statements." >>> > >>> > As a native speaker this is how I see it.. Look to page 16 for the >>> > location >>> > of the content. The original "0-5 set the rating of the image" >>> > Example >>> > 1> 0-5 set the ratings of an image 2> 0-5 sets the rating of an >>> > image. >>> > The original is a command not a description. Example 1 is close but >>> > isn't >>> > correct because ratings being plural implies you can assign more than a >>> > set >>> > number of stars. However using the word "an" before "image" is correct. >>> > To >>> > me the correct option is example 2. Think of the entire line like a >>> > scentence, zero through five sets the rating of an image, "sets" >>> > becomes a >>> > verb/action. >>> > >>> > I have another area of verbal conflict on the same page and table, and >>> > seen >>> > throughout the document.. the use of "hit" instead of enter or press >>> > (contextually dependent). Using colloquial English "hit" would be >>> > acceptable. But if the English manual was used by a non-native speaker >>> > who >>> > didn't have access to their language or was making comparisons, it >>> > wouldn't >>> > translate well. I also doubt it would make sense outside of the U.S., >>> > say >>> > Australia, England. >>> >>> As an Englishman, I understand it, as a well-known Americanism. >>> "Press" sounds so much less violent. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> Best regards, >> >> Mark Garrow >> CalState Realty / C2 Financial Corp. >> [email protected] >> 760-300-3639 Direct >> www.MarkGarrowRealtor.com >> DRE 01276379 >> >> E-mails sent or received shall neither constitute acceptance of conducting >> transactions via electronic means nor create a binding contract until and >> unless a written contract is signed by the parties. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_feb _______________________________________________ darktable-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/darktable-devel
