On Wed, Jan 20, 1999 at 04:21:05PM +0100, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
> >>>>> "Amir" == Amir Karger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Amir> The error message in the recent windows port email is
> Amir> misspelled. s/it's/its/
>
> I think it was the last important bug that we had in LyX. Now that I
> commited a (hopefully correct) fix, we can release 1.0.0 and look for
> another project to work on.
In fact, if the spelling is all correct, we do'nt really need more
functionality, so we might as well give up on 1.1 as well. Otherwise writing
the new code might lead to more spelling errors. Instead, we can transfer
our energies to an open-source grammar checker.
> Amir> "it's" is an abbreviation for "it is". You use it like "It's a
> Amir> document processor, not a word processor!" Jean-Marc would say
> Amir> "c'est".
>
> In english?
Oh, you speak English, too? I didn't realize.
> Amir> "its" is a possessive pronoun, meaning something belongs to
> Amir> "it". Like "his". Used in "LyX can't find its layout
> Amir> descriptions!" Jean-Marc would say "ses". Or he might say "son",
> Amir> because otherwise it would sound just like "c'est", which sounds
> Amir> a lot like the English "say". Wow, french is confusing :)
>
> I would not, because 'son' would sound just like a grammar error.
Is son really incorrect grammar? I thought it's "son chat, sa vache, ses
chiens". Of course, lyx-devel might not be exactly the right place for
an introductory french grammar lesson. But it's not like there's any useful
discussion going on here :)
-Amir
ps how come you didn't update lyx/src/textclasslist.C yet? How am I supposed
to sleep tonight?
