Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 23:59:32 +0000 From: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>, Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>, obrien@NUXI.com, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/contrib/grep/doc grep.1 Message-ID: <19991111235932.A62263@catkin.nothing-going-on.org> In-Reply-To: <19991111110005.27784@mojave.sitaranetworks.com>; from Greg Lehey on Thu, Nov 11, 1999 at 11:00:05AM -0500 References: <83676.942312329@axl.noc.iafrica.com> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9911112341560.15232-100000@alphplex.bde.org> <19991111110005.27784@mojave.sitaranetworks.com>
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On Thu, Nov 11, 1999 at 11:00:05AM -0500, Greg Lehey wrote:
> Agreed, these euphemisms are ugly. But what are you saying about the
> matter at hand? Should we capitalize function and command names at
> the beginning of the sentence or not? I'm in favour of spelling them
> correctly: case sensitivity should override English spelling
> conventions.
I concur with Greg. "The cat(1) command..." or "The cat(1) utility"
(or even "The /etc/rc.conf file...") all read as being stilted and
redundant.
N
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