Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 15:25:25 +0100 From: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org> To: "Jesus R. Camou" <jcamou@cox.net> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/77888: [PATCH] freebsd-questions article tweaks Message-ID: <20050222142525.GB607@nosferatu.blackend.org> In-Reply-To: <200502212340.j1LNeN37034978@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <200502212340.j1LNeN37034978@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Mon, Feb 21, 2005 at 11:40:23PM +0000, Jesus R. Camou wrote: > > From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> > > To: "Jesus R. Camou" <jcamou@cox.net> > > Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org > > Subject: Re: docs/77888: [PATCH] freebsd-questions article tweaks > > Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 09:49:56 +1030 > > > > --aSM3KCOUSI0G0tph > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Content-Disposition: inline > > > > On Monday, 21 February 2005 at 15:32:43 -0700, Jesus R. Camou wrote: > > > > > >> Synopsis: [PATCH] freebsd-questions article tweaks > > >> Description: > > > > > > o cleatext -> clear text > > > o spelt -> spelled > > > > "spelt" is correct, as confirmed by the Oxford English Dictionary. > > Yes, it is the correct British spelling. The docproj uses US English > spelling for the docs. > You're both right on this, I mean American english should be used in our docs, but on things like articles we may let the author to use "UK English" if it's his choice *and* if his text is consistant on this point. On the web site pages or large books with many authors like the Handbook, we also need consistency and there we "prefer" to use en_US. Marc
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