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Subject:RE: Need another word for "enterable" From:"Michael West" <mwest -at- oz -dot- quest -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 29 Mar 2000 12:03:19 +1000
Lindsay Burrell wrote:
>
> I've seen "editable", also "updatable". They're both kind of
> ugly, but I've
> seen them.
Except that a field can be "updatable" without being "enterable." (As in the
case of system-maintained fields).
I don't see any problem in using "enterable" in internal programming
documentation (not in end-user publications) provided the term is precisely
defined at the outset and used with strict consistency.
On the other hand, "editable" or "user-maintainable" might serve as well.
