Re: not all doc "clean-ups" are good

[Trevor Daniels]

David Kastrup wrote Sunday, August 21, 2011 9:33 AM


> "Trevor Daniels" <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > changing "and/or" to "and/@/or" is bad (one you
> > changed recently.)  Splitting such short strings
> > will make little difference to the
> > layout, and I would argue that placing
> > the "/or" at the start of a new line renders
> > the text less readable, not more.
>
> Uh what?  This places "and/" at the end of the line, and "or" at 
> the
> beginning of the next line.

Yes.

> And that is not really a significant
> impediment to reading.

No, but it is less clear.  Constructs like
"and/or" tend to be comprehended as single
concepts.  If they are split understanding
is slightly, granted not significantly,
impeded.

Also the break is not really a significant
improvement to layout.  So why change it?

Trevor





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