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From: rob@PacBell.COM (Rob Bernardo)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: Elm 2.2 miscellany
Message-ID: <5028@pbhyf.PacBell.COM>
Date: 15 Apr 89 14:13:02 GMT
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In article <198@gvlv2.GVL.Unisys.COM> markw@gvlv2.GVL.Unisys.COM (Mark H. Weber) writes:
+    A minor nit-pick would be that periods are only supposed to go at the
+end of complete sentences, not at the ends of phrases. I guess you could
+argue that most of the status messages have implied subjects or verbs.

Yes, the latter was the reasoning behind the change. Anything that would
"count" as a sentence was "punctuated". Think of it this way: in *spoken*
language - and in written dialog of same - those things *are* considered
complete - and I speak here as a linguist. While the things ELM prints
in response to keystroke commands, e.g. "Forward message", don't come
across as sentence-like and therefore weren't "punctuated".

+    The only reason it's noticeable is that 1) it's different, and 2) it
+makes the status messages which are enclosed in square braces asymmetrical
+in appearance, which is distracting to eye.

[Actually, to nitpick back :-) perhaps the square brackets ought to have
been removed.]

But, heavens, Myrtle!! If some ELM users think to even "minor nitpick" about
things like periods added, how are we going to fair as a group on the "real" 
look-and-feel changes to ELM as they occur. As an ELM developer, it scares
me to think about the consequences of enhancements that I and the others might
do (or already have done)..

+     I suspect I'll get used to it. Good new release, team!

:-)  :-)
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