On Tue Dec 3, 2024 at 11:56 PM CET, Tadziu Hoffmann wrote:
> I was thinking of something similar to
>
> .ne d Advance drawing position to the next vertical
> position trap and spring the trap, if it is
> nearer than distance d (default scaling unit v).
>
> but I'm not sure whether the use of a comma is grammatically
> correct here. The intent is to bind the two phrases joined
> by "and" tighter than the two parts separated by the comma.
> (Without the comma the "if" seems to bind tighter than the
> "and".) In an ideal world we could use parentheses for
> grouping, like this:
>
> (advance position; spring trap) if distance < value
Reversing their order might make the intended meaning more obvious:
.ne d If the next vertical position trap is nearer than
distance d (default scaling unit v), advance drawing
position to it and spring it.
