From owner-cvs-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 17 21:32:43 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-doc@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07BF8106567B; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:32:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from manolis@FreeBSD.org) Received: from rosebud.otenet.gr (rosebud.otenet.gr [83.235.67.32]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DCD98FC22; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:32:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from manolis@FreeBSD.org) Received: from atlantis.dyndns.org (athedsl-4438580.home.otenet.gr [79.129.170.36]) by rosebud.otenet.gr (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id mAHLWdU1004090; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:32:40 +0200 Message-ID: <4921E2F7.8000602@FreeBSD.org> Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:32:39 +0200 From: Manolis Kiagias User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20081011) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Giorgos Keramidas References: <200811170907.mAH97eSV016137@repoman.freebsd.org> <492139F5.8090304@FreeBSD.org> <492146DF.5000301@otenet.gr> <492155C3.8000704@FreeBSD.org> <49215974.1090608@otenet.gr> <87fxlqf3w7.fsf@kobe.laptop> In-Reply-To: <87fxlqf3w7.fsf@kobe.laptop> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Gabor PALI , doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-doc@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/preface preface.sgml X-BeenThere: cvs-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the doc and www trees List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:32:43 -0000 Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:45:56 +0200, Manolis Kiagias wrote: > >> Gabor PALI wrote: >> >>> I am thinking of a &dtrace; entity that resolves to the text "DTrace", >>> as in case of &sun; or &solaris;. It would help to eliminate these >>> spelling mistakes, that is why it popped to my mind. It is just a >>> suggestion, though. >>> >> Not sure if there is a policy somewhere for this stuff. We don't seem to >> have many entities of this type, xorg comes to mind but a quick look at >> freebsd.ent does not reveal much else that resembles it. >> > > When there are special rules of capitalization, it's a bit easier to > type &dtrace; than spend a bit of time to grep through the docs to look > for ``established tradition''. Guess capitalization was a good reason for the Xorg entity then... > I would probably prefer something like a > &dtrace; entity. > > If it is a registered symbol or a trademark of Sun, it may even make > sense to add it to `doc/share/trademarks.ent' to take advantage of the > DSSSL-magic that add a (TM) marker to the first instance of the > "DTrace™" string. > > > Doesn't seem to be a (TM). It is not listed in any of the trademark pages I found: http://www.sun.com/suntrademarks/ http://www.opensolaris.org/os/trademark/ So I guess pgj could go ahead with his original plan ;)