From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tom Slee Subject: Re: Org mode or Org-mode or org-mode or org? Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 11:09:34 -0400 Message-ID: References: <86ob9idbz2.fsf@somewhere.org> <20130731150642.GB17227@kuru.dyndns-at-home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=e89a8ff1cca63a482504e2d01eb3 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47525) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V4Y7W-0006zH-Tt for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Jul 2013 11:15:27 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V4Y7S-0004Cf-E6 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Jul 2013 11:15:22 -0400 Received: from mail-oa0-x22f.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4003:c02::22f]:46370) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V4Y2F-000254-K3 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Jul 2013 11:09:55 -0400 Received: by mail-oa0-f47.google.com with SMTP id g12so1237691oah.6 for ; Wed, 31 Jul 2013 08:09:55 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20130731150642.GB17227@kuru.dyndns-at-home.com> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Suvayu Ali Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org --e89a8ff1cca63a482504e2d01eb3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Thanks Sebastien and Suvayu: your answers make a lot of sense (and are even consistent with each other). Tom On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 11:06 AM, Suvayu Ali wrote: > On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 04:45:53PM +0200, Sebastien Vauban wrote: > > Tom Slee wrote: > > > On the orgmode.org site this thing is called "Org mode" while on worg > and > > > in the papers on literate programming with org it is called "Org-mode" > with > > > a hyphen. On the email list it is commonly called "org-mode" (lower > case o, > > > hyphen) or just org. > > > > > > Is there any consensus about the proper name by which to refer to > > > [oO]rg[-]mode in a formal context? > > > > Personally, I follow the convention used in the Emacs manual, that is > Dired > > mode, Hideshow mode, Org mode, etc. > > AFAIR, Carsten prefers it as Org mode too. > > That said, I think the names are somewhat context dependent. The manual > prefers Org mode, following the convention: mode. On the list > you will see people use org-mode because that is the actual command to > turn on Org mode. Sometimes this is shortened as org, or Org. Academic > discussions of Org mode are bound by the rules of grammar. I guess that > is why you might Org-mode instead of org-mode: proper nouns are > capitalised. > > :) > > -- > Suvayu > > Open source is the future. It sets us free. > > --e89a8ff1cca63a482504e2d01eb3 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Thanks Sebastien and Suvayu: your answers make a lot of se= nse (and are even consistent with each other).

Tom
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On Wed,= Jul 31, 2013 at 11:06 AM, Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.c= om> wrote:
On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 04= :45:53PM +0200, Sebastien Vauban wrote:
> Tom Slee wrote:
> > On the orgmode.o= rg site this thing is called "Org mode" while on worg and
> > in the papers on literate programming with org it is called "= ;Org-mode" with
> > a hyphen. On the email list it is commonly called "org-mode&= quot; (lower case o,
> > hyphen) or just org.
> >
> > Is there any consensus about the proper name by which to refer to=
> > [oO]rg[-]mode in a formal context?
>
> Personally, I follow the convention used in the Emacs manual, that is = Dired
> mode, Hideshow mode, Org mode, etc.

AFAIR, Carsten prefers it as Org mode too.

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you will see people use org-mode because that is the actual command to
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discussions of Org mode are bound by the rules of grammar. =A0I guess that<= br> is why you might Org-mode instead of org-mode: proper nouns are
capitalised.

:)

--
Suvayu

Open source is the future. It sets us free.


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