From lojban-out@lojban.org Tue Mar 11 14:34:20 2003 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_6_1); 11 Mar 2003 22:34:20 -0000 Received: (qmail 5282 invoked from network); 11 Mar 2003 22:34:19 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m7.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 11 Mar 2003 22:34:19 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 11 Mar 2003 22:34:19 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.12) id 18ssKA-0004Rj-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Tue, 11 Mar 2003 14:34:18 -0800 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 18ssK3-0004RO-00; Tue, 11 Mar 2003 14:34:11 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Tue, 11 Mar 2003 14:34:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from rlpowell by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.12) id 18ssJl-0004R0-00; Tue, 11 Mar 2003 14:33:53 -0800 Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 14:33:53 -0800 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: [lojban.org #92] Re: Your lujvo records in Jbovlaste Message-ID: <20030311223351.GJ13903@digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <20030311190322.GB6737@mit.edu> <200303111920.OAA23808@mail.reutershealth.com> <20030311222917.GA7453@mit.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030311222917.GA7453@mit.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i X-archive-position: 4439 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 X-list: lojban-list X-eGroups-From: Robin Lee Powell From: Robin Lee Powell Reply-To: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 05:29:17PM -0500, Rob Speer wrote: > On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 02:23:40PM -0500, John Cowan wrote: > > Rob Speer scripsit: > > > > > Perhaps "x1:a1=b1" would make it more clear that it's telling you about > > > the argument order, not that it's a 3-place lujvo. > > > > No, "x1=a1=b1" makes it very clear that the x1 place (of the lujvo) is > > synonymous with the first places of the two components. > > So it's not actually ambiguous, but it still seems like using the same > symbol as the one used for combining two places could make it > confusing to read. Why not use a colon? Because I suspect LaTeX won't render it *nearly* as nicely in the printed output. -Robin -- http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** I'm a *male* Robin. .i le pamoi velru'e zo'u crepu le plibu taxfu .i le remoi velru'e zo'u mo .i le cimoi velru'e zo'u ba'e prali .uisai http://www.lojban.org/ *** to sa'a cu'u lei pibyta'u cridrnoma toi