From lojban-out@lojban.org Sat Jan 03 23:37:00 2004 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 45058 invoked from network); 4 Jan 2004 07:37:00 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 4 Jan 2004 07:37:00 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.81.49.134) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 4 Jan 2004 07:37:00 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.30) id 1Ad2ok-0004S8-TA for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Sat, 03 Jan 2004 23:36:58 -0800 Received: from dsl081-049-134.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([64.81.49.134] helo=chain.digitalkingdom.org) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1Ad2nr-0004Qw-34; Sat, 03 Jan 2004 23:36:03 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Sat, 03 Jan 2004 23:35:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from fort-point-station.mit.edu ([18.7.7.76]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1Ad2nh-0004Ql-4k for lojban-list@lojban.org; Sat, 03 Jan 2004 23:35:53 -0800 Received: from central-city-carrier-station.mit.edu (CENTRAL-CITY-CARRIER-STATION.MIT.EDU [18.7.7.72]) by fort-point-station.mit.edu (8.12.4/8.9.2) with ESMTP id i047ZpC8013962 for ; Sun, 4 Jan 2004 02:35:51 -0500 (EST) Received: from melbourne-city-street.mit.edu (MELBOURNE-CITY-STREET.MIT.EDU [18.7.21.86]) by central-city-carrier-station.mit.edu (8.12.4/8.9.2) with ESMTP id i047ZoNx024222 for ; Sun, 4 Jan 2004 02:35:51 -0500 (EST) Received: from torg.mit.edu (TORG.MIT.EDU [18.208.0.57]) ) by melbourne-city-street.mit.edu (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id i047ZoRj011739 for ; Sun, 4 Jan 2004 02:35:50 -0500 (EST) Received: from rob by torg.mit.edu with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Ad2mm-0007HK-00 for ; Sun, 04 Jan 2004 02:34:56 -0500 Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2004 02:34:56 -0500 Message-ID: <20040104073456.GA27911@mit.edu> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <2f.438def75.2d28dfd4@wmconnect.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <2f.438def75.2d28dfd4@wmconnect.com> X-Is-It-Not-Nifty: www.sluggy.com User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i X-archive-position: 6921 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rspeer@MIT.EDU X-list: lojban-list To: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-eGroups-Remote-IP: 64.81.49.134 X-eGroups-From: Rob Speer From: Rob Speer Reply-To: rspeer@MIT.EDU Subject: [lojban] Re: partial shift cancellation X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 21403 On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 10:17:40PM -0500, MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com wrote: > In a message dated 2004-01-03 5:00:50 PM Eastern Standard Time, > wikidiscuss@lojban.org writes: > > > ;na'a: Cancels all shifts (font, case, etc.) currently applied to > > letterals. Any shifts that occur earlier in the text do not affect letterals from this > > . > > how is only one shift to be cancelled when several are effective? e.g., if > i'm using russian and italics and capitalization, how do i cancel just the > italics and capitalization without cancelling the russian? or do i have to > reactivate all the shifts i still want after each time i cancel? You can cancel one shift by replacing it with what you're shifting back to. You could cancel ru'o with lo'a, ga'e with to'a, and ce'a italik. bu with ce'a latmo bu ("roman"). -- Rob Speer