[Ffmpeg-cvslog] CVS: ffmpeg/doc ffserver-doc.texi,1.5,1.6

The Wanderer inverseparadox
Fri Jun 10 21:59:27 CEST 2005


Diego Biurrun wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 09, 2005 at 07:07:33PM -0400, The Wanderer wrote:
> 
>> Diego Biurrun CVS wrote:
>> 
>>> Yes, it does. Any thoughts on this would be gratefully received. These
>>> differences extend to embedding WMP into a web page. [There are two
>>> -different object IDs that you can use, one of them -- the old one -- cannot
>>> +different object IDs that you can use, the old one cannot
>>> play very well, and the new one works well (both on the same system). However,
>>> I suspect that the new one is not available unless you have installed WMP
>>> 7].
>> 
>> This still isn't right - there's still a run-on sentence, with two
> 
> Please remind me what a run-on sentence was, I always forget.

This has already been addressed by other people; Rich's answer is the
formally correct one. I'm not *absolutely* positive that this is
formally a run-on sentence, but it has the feel of one to my mind, and I
think it needs to be fixed in any case.

>> separate sections. Since you've apparently rejected both of my
>> suggested fixes, I leave it to you to come up with a solution, but
>> the current form is not any better than the old. The problem is
>> largely a matter of the commas.
> 
> I'm unhappy with all proposed solutions, including my own.  My last
> version is less verbose, which I tend to favor in case of doubt.
> This calls for a complete rephrasing.
> 
> How about:
> 
> [There are two different object IDs that you can use. On the same
> system the older one cannot play very well, while the new one does.
> However, I suspect that the new one is not available unless you have
> installed WMP 7].

This is fine by me; I didn't go for something like this before because I
prefer to remain as non-intrusive as I can manage unless necessary.

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       The Wanderer

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