[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Add null video filter

[Måns Rullgård]

Diego Biurrun <diego at biurrun.de> writes:

> On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 06:56:26PM +0200, Stefano Sabatini wrote:
>> On date Thursday 2009-10-08 16:58:40 +0100, M?ns Rullg?rd encoded:
>> > Diego Biurrun <diego at biurrun.de> writes:
>> > 
>> > > On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 12:04:48AM +0200, Stefano Sabatini wrote:
>> > >> 
>> > >> Patch updated accordingly.
>> > >> 
>> > >> --- ffmpeg.orig/doc/vfilters.texi	2009-10-07 23:54:31.000000000 +0200
>> > >> +++ ffmpeg/doc/vfilters.texi	2009-10-07 23:55:34.000000000 +0200
>> > >> @@ -116,4 +116,8 @@
>> > >>  
>> > >> + at section null
>> > >> +
>> > >> +Pass in output the source unchanged.
>> 
>> which I intended as:
>> Pass in output the source [which is] unchanged.
>> 
>> > > I don't understand.  I assume you wish to say that the source is passed
>> > > to the output without changes.
>> 
>> What about:
>> 
>> Pass to the output the unchanged source.
>> 
>> which still sounds a little awkward.
>
> I suggest: Pass the source unchanged to the output.

Unchanged the source to output pass.
To output pass unchanged the source.
The source unchanged to output pass.

The variations are endless, but some more suitable for poetry than
documentation.  Perhaps we should rewrite the whole file in iambic
pentameter.

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M?ns Rullg?rd
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