Re: toggle switch instructions?

Subject: Re: toggle switch instructions?
From: arroxaneullman -at- aol -dot- com
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:05:13 -0400

If you're going to use the term "toggle switch" you should also be able to use "toggle" as a verb. You might say, "Toggle the Power switch."

However, if the readers would find the term "toggle" too difficult, I wouldn't use it all: "Set the Power switch."

Arroxane


-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Warren <awarren -at- synaptics -dot- com>
To: Lauren <lt34 -at- csus -dot- edu>; Traci Pearson <pearsontechcomm -at- comcast -dot- net>; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Sent: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 3:06 pm
Subject: RE: toggle switch instructions?

Lauren wrote:

> Can't they be "toggled"?

Sure, but "toggle" -- like "flip" or "switch" or "invert" -- means "change from the current state (whatever it is) to the other".

You can "toggle the switch from OFF to ON" or "toggle the switch a few times"... But if you were trying to be precise, I don't think you'd want to write "toggle the switch to ON" unless you knew from a previous instruction that the switch was already OFF. ?

Also, "toggle" is a significantly less-familiar verb than "set".? And "toggle the toggle switch" is an awkward construction.

-Andrew

=== Andrew Warren? - awarren -at- synaptics -dot- com
=== Synaptics, Inc - Santa Clara, CA


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