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List:       kde-i18n-doc
Subject:    Re: [grammar doubt]
From:       Anne-Marie Mahfouf <annemarie.mahfouf () free ! fr>
Date:       2012-05-26 8:52:09
Message-ID: 4FC099B9.2070205 () free ! fr
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On 05/26/2012 10:39 AM, Burkhard Lück wrote:
> Am Samstag, 26. Mai 2012, 09:58:55 schrieb Anne-Marie Mahfouf:
>> On 05/25/2012 11:50 PM, mvillarino wrote:
>>> @ docmessages/kde-runtime/kcontrol_emoticons.
>>>
>>> The Design will be removed from the disk if you click
>>> <guibutton>Apply</guibutton>   or leave this module confirming to apply
>>> your change.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> My doubt is in the "or leave this...". This seems strange to me, as I
>>> would expect an explicit subject before the verb "to leave" (e.g. "or
>>> if you leave").
>>> So, is the phrase "the design will be removed .. if you click ... or
>>> leave ...." correct ?
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>> Marce Villarino
>> Hi,
>>
>> I wrote this doc. This is about the Emoticons Theme Manager in
>> SystemSettings. The sentence is really bad indeed. "The Design" should
>> be "The Theme"
>>
>> "The Theme will be removed from the disk if you click Apply"<- this I
>> can probably change
>>
>> The second part of the sentence tries to explain that if you do not
>> click Apply but leave the System Settings Emoticon page then you get a
>> dialog to confirm your change and if you confirm, the Theme will be
>> removed from your disk.
>>
>> Not sure how to explain this. Not sure if I am allowed to change it anyway?
>>
> Please commit the change to master, 4.9 docmentation is not yet in string
> freeze.
>
> Thanks.
>
Done, I changed "Design" to "theme" and I removed the part about 
"leaving" as it's common to all System Settings tabs.

Anne-Marie

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