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Apparently, though unproven, at 01:38 on Friday 20 August 2010, Peter Humphrey |
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did opine thusly: |
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> On Thursday 19 August 2010 21:21:20 Kevin O'Gorman wrote: |
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> > So I looked up "auto-hinter" in the flagedit(1) program. It says: |
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> > auto-hinter: Local Flag: Use the unpatented auto-hinter instead |
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> > of the (recommended) TrueType bytecode interpreter (media- |
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> > libs/freetype) |
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> > The placement of the "(recommended)" is just a bit ambiguous. |
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> No, it isn't. You may be being confused by the unnecessary inclusion of |
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> brackets (parentheses if you're American); remove them and you see that |
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> the TrueType byte-code interpreter is recommended. Or, just consider the |
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> phrase "the recommended TrueType bytecode interpreter", with or without |
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> brackets. I can't see how that could be thought ambiguous. |
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The parenthesis is actually correct as the recommendation is just an aside |
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comment in this context. The sentence expands to: |
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instead of the TrueType bytecode interpreter (TrueType is the recommended |
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interpreter to use btw) |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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