tip-list.scm changes

Robert Graham Merkel rgmerk@mira.net
Mon, 28 May 2001 11:45:19 +1000


On Mon, 28 May 2001 08:16:38 Christian Stimming wrote:
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> Hi Robert,
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> I would suggest to change some of the tips in tip-list.scm. Quote from
> IRC:
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> <cstim> I would suggest to delete the ones in lines 7, 10, 76, 95, and 55
> 
> and 72 need probably some work.
> <dave_p> 7 & 10 should probably be combined, but not deleted altogether
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> too many people ask questions already answered in the manual.
> <dave_p> 76 should go
> <dave_p> why delete 95, a little whimsy can be fun :)
> <cstim> I'm thinking of the German translation -- for a German financial 
> software package, it is unthinkable to get a tip like that.
> <dave_p> so translate it to something completely different.
> <cstim> I mean I love h2g2, but not when I'm doing my finances :)
> <dave_p> 55 and 72 could probably stand some work, yes. i would make your
> 
> changes and post them for review, though if the list is down you might 
> just send them to goonie.
> 
> I changed the ones mentioned (i.e. combined 7&10, deleted 76, changed two
> 
> more). I would still vote for deletion of the H2G2 quote... but if
> there's 
> a majority to leave it in there, I will just translate something
> different 
> in German.
> 
> My diff's are attached. Are these ok with you? If yes, I can submit them 
> at any time.
>

These diffs are quite fine, thanks, except one thing.  Why did you delete
the tip about the existence of reports, rather than rewriting it for the
revived "reports" menu?  Would it be more appropriate as an earlier tip?

WRT Hitch-Hikers, I put it in there because I thought, as Dave put it, 
a little bit of whimsy might be fun (as well as a little tribute to Mr
Adams) 
 - as a final tip.  I can't see it causing too many problems in
English-speaking
countries - I think most people would take it as just a bit of fun.  Heck, 
Microsoft (whose software may sometimes be crappy but write some of the
best 
documentation in the business) throw a few funny tips into MS Office.
If you think it's inappropriate  for the German translation, by all means 
replace it with something else, be it another literary reference or a real
tip.


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