jbovlaste lujvo definitions -- opinions wanted.

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

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

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