A find from 1992

NeonSamurai · 01-19-11, 02:07 PM

Nice to see software manuals are still ****ed up no matter which language it is.

Catfish · 01-19-11, 02:31 PM

Hehe yes i remember,
i also remember from MS-DOS:

"Geloeschte Dateien nicht entloeschen ? J/N"

What is this supposed to mean, and what shall i do ?

In german it sounds especially idiotic lol

Greetings,
Catfish

frau kaleun · 01-19-11, 02:53 PM

Google Translate gives me this:

Quote:

By connecting the print style of the document with the print style print style, you can update the stylesheet of the document template. When you connect the print style of a document with the stylesheet a document template, replace the print format definition of the document the same print style definitions of the document template. All print sizes in the stylesheet of the document that are not included in the print style to be added to this.

That's actually not much more confusing than some manuals I've seen that started out in English.

Penguin · 01-19-11, 03:09 PM

Booh! Frau kaleun destroyed the beauty of the manual!

However I now do understand what they mean

This is exactly the reason why we nowadays use words like "stylesheet" or "template" in german IT-speak, not to sound geeky, but to be able to express what we mean.

frau kaleun · 01-19-11, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Penguin

Booh! Frau kaleun destroyed the beauty of the manual!

However I now do understand what they mean

This is exactly the reason why we nowadays use words like "stylesheet" or "template" in german IT-speak, not to sound geeky, but to be able to express what we mean.

Oh, I see, the old traditions aren't good enough for you young hepcats any more. Well let me tell you something, sonny boy - back in my day we used 'Druckformatvorlage' and we liked it.

Penguin · 01-19-11, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun

Oh, I see, the old traditions aren't good enough for you young hepcats any more. Well let me tell you something, sonny boy - back in my day we used 'Druckformatvorlage' and we liked it.

well, dear young lady of honour, back in the days I was Reichsobersturmbanndruckformatvorlagenleiterkapitä n!

(actually I have a friend who was Druckvorlagenhersteller, real job title)

papa_smurf · 01-19-11, 03:59 PM

Any computer manual is messed up, regardless of language.

frau kaleun · 01-19-11, 03:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Penguin

well, dear young lady of honour, back in the days I was Reichsobersturmbanndruckformatvorlagenleiterkapitä n!

Quote:

(actually I have a friend who was Druckvorlagenhersteller, real job title)

Type-setter?

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Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,767 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Hehe yes i remember, i also remember from MS-DOS: "Geloeschte Dateien nicht entloeschen ? J/N" What is this supposed to mean, and what shall i do ? In german it sounds especially idiotic lol Greetings, Catfish

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Penguin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Rheinische Republik Posts: 3,322 Downloads: 92 Uploads: 0	Booh! Frau kaleun destroyed the beauty of the manual! However I now do understand what they mean This is exactly the reason why we nowadays use words like "stylesheet" or "template" in german IT-speak, not to sound geeky, but to be able to express what we mean.