tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Dec 08 06:32:00 1995
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Colors? What colors?
- From: [email protected] (Bill Willmerdinger)
- Subject: Colors? What colors?
- Date: Thu, 07 Dec 1995 19:48:05
uu> From: ur-valhalla!netusa1.net!caanders (Alan Anderson)
uu> Subject: Colors? What colors?
>I've thought about this before, but hesitated. Can you use a verb to
>modify another verb? You'd need something adverbial, wouldn't you? "It
uu> I guess I was considering these in their adjectival role, following
uu> the noun, with each verb acting to modify the previous noun phrase. So
uu> {nav SuD wov} would be a "bright, blue/green/yellow paper" and not a
uu> "bright blue/green/yellow paper". Is my distinction clear? I don't
jIyaj, but I don't think you can do that (at least, I recall no canon that
supports it).
uu> Instead of user actions, the menu choices could be commands given to
uu> the application, in imperative form. The user does not "Print" the
uu> document; the user commands the application to print it, or maybe he
uu> commands the document to print itself. The user does not change the
I like this; Hol is definitely action oriented, and Klingons are command
oriented. I imagine the "enter" key on a Klingon keyboard would be labeled
{yIruch} or maybe just {ruch}.
uu> Clipping is definitely appropriate here, so {SuD 'ej Hurgh} should be
uu> acceptable, and maybe even {SuD Hurgh} as two simultaneous commands.
Indeed! Just look at how "clipped" your current, English menus are. A very
good idea.
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