[lojban] Re: jbovlaste lujvo definitions -- opinions wanted.

[Robin Lee Powell <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

On Mon, May 10, 2004 at 07:38:24AM -0400, Bob LeChevalier wrote:
> At 06:30 PM 5/9/04 -0700, Jorge "Llamb?as" wrote:
> >--- Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
> > > 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) ?
> >
> >My preference is to only use x_1, x_2, etc. The other info is useful
> >to understand how the lujvo was constructed, but it doesn't really
> >add anything to the understanding of the lujvo itself. For the final
> >presentation, I think only x's is best. Now, jbovlaste is being used
> >not just for presentation, but also for judging and voting on
> >definitions, and for that purpose seeing how the lujvo was
> >constructed might be helpful.
> 
> This suggests that it might be ideal to have the display program hide
> that information in look-up mode, but not in editing/voting mode
> (assuming that the two modes are easily distinguishable)

Editing is distinct from viewing and voting, which are the same mode.

-Robin

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