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Re: [BUG] widget-field-overlay becomes wrong
From: |
Richard Stallman |
Subject: |
Re: [BUG] widget-field-overlay becomes wrong |
Date: |
Thu, 05 Aug 2004 00:22:27 -0400 |
Thanks for writing this. Now I can polish it up.
! @strong{Warning:} In an @code{editable-field} widget, the editable
! field is not allowed to be adjacent to another widget, there must be
! some text in between.
"Is not allowed to be" is not just passive, it is contorted.
This text must be part of the
! @code{editable-field} widget itself or inserted with
! @code{widget-insert}.
A single "be" is used for a passive verb and in another way.
That's not just passive, but confusing too.
Here's how I would write it more readably:
@strong{Warning:} In an @code{editable-field} widget, the editable
field must not be adjacent to another widget---that won't work.
You must put some text in between. Either make this text part of
the @code{editable-field} widget itself, or insert it with
@code{widget-insert}.
The @code{:format} keyword is useful for generating the necessary
text; for instance, if you give it a value of @code{"Name: %v "},
the @samp{Name: } part will provide the necessary separating text
before the field and the trailing space will provide the
separating text after the field. If you don't include the
@code{:size} keyword, the field will extend to the end of the
line, and the terminating newline will provide separation after.
I split the paragraph for readability too. Long paragraphs are
hard to read.
Could somene please install the change, with this modification?