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Journalling
Authored by: webfox on Dec 31, '02 03:57:33AM

error in #3. it is indeed undoable. just change enableJournal to disableJournal.

not that you'd want to. :)



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Journalling and english sentences
Authored by: SOX on Jan 02, '03 12:59:02AM

ha ha, I realized that was an ambigous statement after I sent it in. (think about it for a second). the phase "not undoable" in english means something is in fact reversible.

But in "mac-speak" the term "undo"-able has a specific and opposite meaning. to say something is "not undoable" to a mac user has exactly the opposite connotation than the english meaning; namely that the action is in fact irreversable.

In my terse test list above I intended the english for meaning.
in other words, as you point out, journaling is indeed a reversable condition.



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Journalling and english sentences
Authored by: j-beda on Jan 03, '03 12:33:20PM

Then why not say it clearly: "You can reverse this later
if you want to" or something like that.

"Not undoable" in general useage means "possiable" or
"able-to-be-done", which does not fit well with the
sentance structure you have created. The additional
computer useage of "undo" makes it even less clear what
is meant. I would get rid of the phrase completely and
use "reversable" and avoid double negatives.



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