On Tue, 5 Nov 2002, [iso-8859-1] ?ric Bischoff wrote: > Le Tuesday 05 November 2002 13:18, Fabrice Mous a ?crit: > > I hope this is the correct mailinglist ... I think I found a spelling error > > in kxsconfig.po -> string 172 > > > > "Draws a stream of rising, undulating 3D bubbles, rising toward the top of > > the screen, with nice specular reflections. Written by Richard Jones." > > > > specular >> shouldn't that be spectacular or so ... can't find specular in > > my dictionary. > > specular == done by a mirror > > No ? > > specular reflections = mirror reflections
That's true(ish) :-) Specular reflection: Like billard ball highlight, apple surface highlight, etc. The reflection is focused on an area. Diffuse reflection (not specular :-): Paper, wood, etc. These are also called Lambertian surfaces. (If I were the coder, I wouldn't use the term "specular", rather only use "reflection". So it doesn't confuse anyone's mind - just like in this example. There are already more than enough technical terms in KDE :-)) Regards, G?rkem .tr team
