From rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Sun May 09 10:40:49 2004 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Sun, 09 May 2004 10:40:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.31) id 1BMsI5-0002FF-Sx for lojban-list@lojban.org; Sun, 09 May 2004 10:40:42 -0700 Date: Sun, 9 May 2004 10:40:41 -0700 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] jbovlaste lujvo definitions -- opinions wanted. Message-ID: <20040509174041.GJ5570@digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i From: Robin Lee Powell X-archive-position: 7723 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list In http://www.lojban.org/jbovlaste/help/definitions.html I tell people to write definitions like d_1=b_1 bitches/whines/expresses anguish about d_2 with utterance/sound(s) b_2 rather than x_2=d_1=b_1 bitches/whines/expresses anguish about x_2=d_2 with utterance/sound(s) x_3=b_2 I have since decided that the latter is more readable, because it lets the reader know at a glance how many places there are, and which place is where, without having to count them. Before changing the help and asking people to change their definitions, I'd like to see what people on the list think. Do you prefer one over the other? If you prefer the second form, should "x_1" always be used, or the first letter of the lujvo, or a series of letters representing the lujvo ("bd_1" in the case of ba'urdu'u) ? Thanks. -Robin -- http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** I'm a *male* Robin. "Many philosophical problems are caused by such things as the simple inability to shut up." -- David Stove, liberally paraphrased. http://www.lojban.org/ *** loi pimlu na srana .i ti rokci morsi