I find the wording presented by Bob to be easier to read (and understand)
than the reword suggested by Tom. Both convey the same information.
Ron Bergman
Dataproducts Corp.
On Thu, 8 Jan 1998, Robert Herriot wrote:
> Tom,
>> Your rewording may be OK, but I leave it to others to choose between the
> two options of:
> a) mine with the "for" clause at the beginning of the 1st sentence but with
> your other minor fixes.
> b) yours with the "for" clause at the end of the 1st sentence.
>> I tried various wordings and I felt that "for" clause at the beginning
> made the sentence clearer.
>> > From hastings at cp10.es.xerox.com Thu Jan 8 17:21:34 1998
> > How about:
> >
> > 4.2.10 orientation-requested (type2 enum)
> >
> > This attribute specifies the client-requested orientation of the content
> > of the print-stream pages when they are printed for documents whose
> > content does not explicitly specify the orientation (e.g., "document-format"
> > is 'text/plain'). For documents whose content does explicitly specify the
> > orientation (e.g., PostScript), this attribute SHALL have no meaning -- it
> > neither alters the orientation nor specifies the existing orientation.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > At 13:29 01/08/1998 PST, Robert Herriot wrote:
> > >I suggest the following wording for the paragraphs 4.2.10 that Tom wrote
> > >and I enclose below:
> > >
> > >My wording:
> > >-----------------------------------------------
> > >For documents whose document-format does not explicitly specify the
> > >orientation (e.g. text/plain), this attribute specifies the
> > >client-requested orientation of the content of the print-stream pages
> > >when they are printed. For documents whose document-format does explicitly
> > >specify the orientation (e.g. PostScript), this attribute has no meaning --
> > >it neither alters the orientation nor specifies the existing orientation.
> > >-----------------------------------------------
> > >Tom's wording:
> > >
> > >> From hastings at cp10.es.xerox.com Wed Jan 7 18:21:58 1998
> > >> Proposed new text:
> > >>
> > >> 4.2.10 orientation-requested (type2 enum)
> > >>
> > >> This attribute specifies the orientation of the content of the print-stream
> > >> pages to be printed. In most cases, the orientation of the content is
> > >> specified within the document format generated by the device driver at
> > >> print time. However, some document formats (such as 'text/plain') do not
> > >> support the notion of page orientation, and it is possible to bind the
> > >> orientation after the document content has been generated. This attribute
> > >> provides an end user with the means to specify orientation for such
> > >> documents when the IPP Printer performs the formatting.
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>