Make it a question:


Hi, this is ClassName, what do I do?

Best
	-Tobias

On 11.05.2014, at 17:49, Chris Muller <asqueaker at gmail.com> wrote:

> That's a good point from the perspective of making the physical entry
> of a class comment easier.  A default comment of "I " would saves two
> keystrokes per class comment (instead of having to type Command+a, "I
> ").
> 
> The only possible disadvantage I can think of would be for newbies.
> Simply, "I ", as a default comment does not provide an exemplar that
> reveals the purpose of that pane as much as "A Dude is xxxxx".  A lone
> "I " there might appear to them as something incomplete or a bug.
> Maybe a balloon help on that pane explaining it could alleviate that
> issue..
> 
> On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 6:41 AM, gettimothy <gettimothy at zoho.com> wrote:
>> Hope I am not starting a religious war, but...
>> 
>> I have found the idiom of "I " much easier to parse and edit rather than "A
>> Dude is xxxxxxxxx" when entering class comments.
>> 
>> With the former, I just position the mouse and start typing: 'I ' ->  'I act
>> as a formal frabulator for the system frisbnitsk decompulation subprocess'.
>> With the latter, I must delete the 'is xxxxxxxxx' before I start commenting:
>> 'A Dude is xxxxxxxxx '  -> 'A Dude acts as a formal frabulator for the
>> system frisbnitsk decompulation subprocess'
>> 
>> The mental flow for the former is "think", "type".
>> The mental flow for the latter is  "grrrrrr", "edit" , "think" , "type"
>> 
>> The former offers the opportunity for different verbs right off the bat: "I
>> am ", "I act" , "I perform " , "I flail"
>> The latter requires we ponder the suitability of the verb "is", accept or
>> reject its suitability (This is the time sink for me) , think of a new verb
>> if rejected, delete the verb and type the verb.
>> 
>> 
>> Scanning the Kernel-Class package, there is a lot of history surrounding
>> Class comments so I can take the answer 'no' gracefully. 'yes' would be
>> good, however. (:
>> 
>> cheers.
>> 
>> 
>> tty
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