[MPlayer-DOCS] [PATCH] DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1"z and x" behaviour

[The Wanderer]

Paul TT wrote:

> On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 12:18:54 -0500 The Wanderer
> <inverseparadox at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
>> Paul TT wrote:

>>>  .IPs "z and x"
>>> -Adjust subtitle delay by +/\:- 0.1 seconds.
>>> +Adjust subtitle delay by -/\:+ 0.1 seconds.
>> 
>> IMO this swap would be better done on the line above - i.e. "x or
>> z" instead of "z or x"; saying "plus or minus" is standard
>> phrasing, and "minus or plus" will seem strange to many people.
> 
> yes but z is on the left of x... so this order is important too, i
> think... maybe more, or not? mah??

I'd say "less", I think. Yes, I agree that the keyboard positioning is
helpful for feeling intuitive and/or otherwise right, but I think that
the "plus or minus" trumps it.

Better still, unless there's some reason not to, would be to change the
behaviour of the code itself and leave the documentation alone... but
that is likely to trip up people who have gotten used to the current
keymappings, so it might not pass muster.

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