Subj : oxp: Nodelist problem
To   : August Abolins
From : Martin Foster
Date : Tue Mar 09 2021 09:09:00

Hello August!

*** Monday 08.03.21 at 07:32, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

 MF>> "Use internal nodelist processor" which I somehow get the
 MF>> feeling is incorrect because .....

 ACN>>> but in the german version it is called "Update als Diff
 ACN>>> einbinden"

 MF>> ..... literally translated that means "Include update as
 MF>> diff" which doesn't actually make sense(to me) in this
 MF>> context.

 AA> Something like these might be better:

 AA> "Process DIFF files"
 AA> "Process DIFF updates"
 AA> "Enable DIFF processing"

Hmmmm, dunno, this is a tricky one.

 ACN>>> and it is the first of the two checkbox options below
 ACN>>> "process by". Have a look at the help text, maybe this
 ACN>>> makes it clearer?

 MF>> The English help text doesn't make it any clearer, in fact,
 MF>> it clouds the issue even further <sigh>.

 AA> The English help is a bit closer because it says "...to process
 AA> the diff update".

Yes but it says "OpenXP will call its own nodelist processor to process  
the diff update". Well yes, it will, but that doesn't describe the true  
purpose of this particular option.

Regards,
Martin

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