[MacPorts] #18614: freetype: wording in bytecode variant unclear

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Tue Feb 24 00:50:56 PST 2009


#18614: freetype: wording in bytecode variant unclear
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 Reporter:  ryandesign@…             |       Owner:  ryandesign@…           
     Type:  defect                   |      Status:  new                    
 Priority:  Normal                   |   Milestone:  Port Bugs              
Component:  ports                    |     Version:  1.7.0                  
 Keywords:                           |        Port:  freetype               
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 The wording of the warning displayed by the bytecode variant could be
 improved. This came to me by email:

 On Feb 22, 2009, at 14:19, David Magda wrote:

 >If the 'bytecode' variant of the FreeType MacPort is chose, the following
 text is displayed:
 >
 >>You may want not to compile a bytecode interpreter into the
 >>TrueType driver. Without this you will only compile the code
 >>necessary to load TrueType glyphs without hinting.
 >
 >I do not understand what this paragraph is trying to tell me. Could it be
 reworded so that the text is "By enabling the bytecode interpreter, it
 will cause the library to ..." ? Or perhaps "By enabling the bytecode
 interpreter, you will be unable to ...".
 >
 >The second sentence uses the word "without" twice, which makes it
 difficult to understand what is enabled and what is disabled.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/18614>
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