Re: [Monotone-devel] changelog editor issues

[Stephen Leake]

Hendrik Boom <address@hidden> writes:

> On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 02:10:25AM +0100, Francis Russell wrote:
>> Stephen Leake wrote:
>> >>
>> >> "Certificate values may be modified"
>> > 
>> > Actually, I don't think "certificate" is a common term for this; I'd
>> > prefer:
>> > 
>> > -- Fields below may be modified --
>> 
>> >From the parsing perspective, field does make more sense. However, in
>> the end, all the fields do become certificates which is a crucial part
>> of the monotone model and what monotone calls them. Anyone using
>> monotone is eventually going to have to understand certificates.
>> Regardless of what the help text calls them, I think their purpose is
>> obvious.
>
> I don't care (at the moment) whether it's fields or certificates, but I 
> think it should be clear whether the user or the system will be 
> modifying fields.  Perhaps
>
> -- You may modify the fields below --

Good idea. I've changed it to:

 -- You may edit the fields below --

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-- Stephe