Re: Org, Org-mode, Orgmode, Org Mode

[Gregor Zattler <telegraph@gmx.net>]

Hi Gregory,
* Gregory Benjamin <gregb@laserlab.com> [02. Jun. 2012]:
> On Sat, Jun 02, 2012 at 12:11:48PM +0200, Bastien wrote:
>> The documentation standards states:
>> 
>>  - Prefer "Org mode" to "Org-mode" or "org-mode".  This is simply
>>    because it reflects an existing convention in The Emacs Manual which
>>    consistently documents mode names in this form -- "Text mode",
>>    "Outline mode", "Mail mode" etc.
>> 
>> I think it should also apply for the website.
>> 
>> I updated the website to use "Org mode" instead of "Org-mode" and
>> "Org-Mode".
> 
> I believe Org-mode is vastly superior to the alternatives because the
> hyphen links the two little words into a fairly unique pattern that
> results in pertinent results from search engines.
>
> I believe every effort should be made to adopt Org-mode universally;
> to use Org mode instead will make Org-mode material much harder to
> find on the internet. 

Most, especially "the" search engine allows for quoted "org mode"
searches...
 
> Furthermore, to invoke Org-mode from inside Emacs, one types "M-x
> org-mode", not "M-x org mode".

True.

Ciao, Gregor
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