R devel - Jan 2009 - Windows installer text bug (PR#13445)

Full_Name: Rob Cranfill
Version: 2.8.1
OS: Windows XP SP2
Submission from: (NULL) (130.76.32.19)


Using the Windows installer for 2.8.1, partway through the process there is a
dialog that looks something like this:

----------------------------------------------
Display Mode
  Do you prefer the MDI or SDI interface?
  -------
  Please specify MDI or SDI, then click Next.

  (*) MDI (one big window)
  ( ) SDI (separate windows)

----------------------------------------------

Those descriptions are reversed: "MDI" is Multiple Document Interface,
with
separate windows; SDI is Single Document Interface, with one big window.

I can send a screen shot if need be.

  - rob

On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 4:30 PM,  <robert.e.cranfill at boeing.com> wrote:

Hey, this guy builds engines for aircraft *and* uses freeware!  I was
on such a jet just few days ago and I can confirm that I did not
notice anything strange (except the food).
> Full_Name: Rob Cranfill
> Version: 2.8.1
> OS: Windows XP SP2
> Submission from: (NULL) (130.76.32.19)
>
>
> Using the Windows installer for 2.8.1, partway through the process there is
a
> dialog that looks something like this:
>
> ----------------------------------------------
> Display Mode
>  Do you prefer the MDI or SDI interface?
>  -------
>  Please specify MDI or SDI, then click Next.
>
>  (*) MDI (one big window)
>  ( ) SDI (separate windows)
>
> ----------------------------------------------
>
> Those descriptions are reversed: "MDI" is Multiple Document
Interface, with
> separate windows; SDI is Single Document Interface, with one big window.
Probably not a bug, because this could be read "multiple document
interface (MDI) are those whose windows reside under **a single parent
window**" and "a single document interface or SDI is [...] organizing
applications into **individual windows**" [Wikipedia].  I haven't
verified the outcome though.

/Henrik
>
> I can send a screen shot if need be.
>
>  - rob
>
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robert.e.cranfill at boeing.com wrote:
> Full_Name: Rob Cranfill
> Version: 2.8.1
> OS: Windows XP SP2
> Submission from: (NULL) (130.76.32.19)
>
>
> Using the Windows installer for 2.8.1, partway through the process there is
a
> dialog that looks something like this:
>
> ----------------------------------------------
> Display Mode
>   Do you prefer the MDI or SDI interface?
>   -------
>   Please specify MDI or SDI, then click Next.
>
>   (*) MDI (one big window)
>   ( ) SDI (separate windows)
>
> ----------------------------------------------
>
> Those descriptions are reversed: "MDI" is Multiple Document
Interface, with
> separate windows; SDI is Single Document Interface, with one big window.
>   
MDI is one big parent window containing sub-windows; in SDI they are 
unconnected.  The description is not reversed, but could perhaps be 
improved.

Duncan Murdoch
> I can send a screen shot if need be.
>
>   - rob
>
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