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List:       kde-commits
Subject:    Re: Capitalized names of the user interface parts or views
From:       David Faure <faure () kde ! org>
Date:       2006-09-01 7:42:00
Message-ID: 200609010942.01240.faure () kde ! org
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On Friday 01 September 2006 00:40, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> On Thursday 31 August 2006 15:13, Jarosław Staniek wrote:
> > Hmm, Stephan, we have "text view" versus "Text View" debate.
> > This, as well as "Property Editor" are names of a part of the app.
> 
> they describe parts of the application, but they aren't proper names of the 
> sort that they would be capitalized in an english sentence. were i to use my 
> shift key, i'd write:
> 
> Move the mouse to the text view and click.
> 
> not:
> 
> Move the mouse to the Text View and click.

But would you write 

Move the mouse to the "Text View" and click.

maybe?  (i.e. with double quotes)

-- 
David Faure, faure@kde.org, sponsored by Trolltech to work on KDE,
Konqueror (http://www.konqueror.org), and KOffice (http://www.koffice.org).

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