On Sat, Jun 22, 2024 at 10:13 PM Anton Shepelev via Freedos-user <
freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> There is no problem with a comma after `or'. But another
> comma is actually missing -- the one after the parenthetical
> expression "if not all", so the second sentence should read:
>
> DOG works on most, if not all, flavors of DOS.
>
>
Agreed. Fixed.
> Some more errors in the online manual:
1. ... 8.
>
Fixed
> 9. Without parameters BP puts ASCII character 07h into
> ...
A comma is missing after `parameters', and the reference
> to the ANSI driver makes no sense: as long as what
> duration?
>
>From the Cambridge Dictionary
<https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/as-long-as-and-so-long-as>
:
As long as or so long as also means 'provided that', 'providing that' or
'on condition that':
You are allowed to go as long as you let us know when you arrive.
So long as is a little more informal: You can borrow the car so long as you
don't drive too fast
Since you were confused, maybe others would also be confused, so I replaced
it with "provided that".
> 10. DT dispolays the current date and time.
>
Fixed.
> I wonder whether the effect of a command should be descirbed
> /before/ its syntax and parameters, so that the reader
> should understand the context of what he is reading.
>
I thought about it, but ultimately the manual is for users who want to know
how to use a command rather than know what it does, so I feel the syntax is
more important.
Thanks for all the feedback! I really appreciate that you took time to read
through the whole manual! :D
--Wolf
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