[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] vo_xv.c (was: Re: [MPlayer-users] Re: KDE & MPlayer)

D Richard Felker III dalias at aerifal.cx
Fri May 24 19:19:37 CEST 2002


On Fri, May 24, 2002 at 02:22:34PM +0200, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> -	mp_msg(MSGT_VO,MSGL_ERR,"Couldn't find free Xvideo port - maybe other applications keep open it.\n"
> +	mp_msg(MSGT_VO,MSGL_ERR,"Could not find free Xvideo port - maybe other applications keep it open.\n"

"maybe other applications keep it open" is still bad English usage.
Perhaps something like "maybe another application is already using it"
would be better. Also, IMO process is a much more appropriate word
than application on unix.

Rich




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