From: Scott Randby <srandby@gmail.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Org, Org-mode, Orgmode, Org Mode
Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2012 16:38:54 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4FCA79DE.4060606@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <80k3zpiifq.fsf@somewhere.org>
On 06/02/2012 04:10 PM, Sebastien Vauban wrote:
> Bastien,
>
> Bastien wrote:
>> Hi Achim and Thorsten,
>>
>> Achim Gratz <Stromeko@nexgo.de> writes:
>>
>>> So my question still stands, which variant is the preferred one if any
>>> and should we work to standardize it across all documentation?
>>
>> 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".
>
> Though, if we look at the doc, we see:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> Org Mode Manual
> ***************
>
> This manual is for Org version 7.8.10 (release_7.8.10-568-gc84cda).
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> ie:
>
> - one time with capital M
> - once where "Org" only is used
>
> Best regards,
> Seb
>
My habit is to use "Org-mode" when I introduce Org mode to others. I do
this so that it is understood that I'm not talking about an organization
and so that others realize that Org mode is a mode of Emacs. But this is
only a habit.
Scott Randby
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-06-02 20:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-06-02 8:12 Org, Org-mode, Orgmode, Org Mode Achim Gratz
2012-06-02 9:04 ` Thorsten Jolitz
2012-06-02 9:40 ` Achim Gratz
2012-06-02 10:00 ` Thorsten Jolitz
2012-06-02 10:11 ` Bastien
2012-06-02 14:06 ` Gregory Benjamin
2012-06-02 14:29 ` Gregor Zattler
2012-06-02 15:32 ` suvayu ali
2012-06-02 19:22 ` Samuel Wales
2012-06-02 20:10 ` Sebastien Vauban
2012-06-02 20:38 ` Scott Randby [this message]
2012-06-03 3:23 ` François Pinard
2012-06-03 6:25 ` Thorsten Jolitz
2012-06-03 8:30 ` Philip Rooke
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