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List:       kde-doc-english
Subject:    Re: [kde-doc-english]Re: Spelling and grammar corrections
From:       Malcolm Hunter <malcolm.hunter () gmx ! co ! uk>
Date:       2001-06-25 23:43:17
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> On Monday 25 June 2001 18:47, Thomas Diehl wrote:
> > I'd presume that most apps are spelled in several ways across
> > desktop.po, documentation, cross-references from other apps etc.

> We have standardised the application names in the documentation, through
> the use of entities.  Also, these were checked with each app's
> maintainer/author, where possible, so they are the preferred capitalisation
> and spelling. I really strongly recommend this gets used as the base for
> application name consistency (not least because I've spent enormous amounts
> of time doing it!)
>
> For the rest, there is the visual dictionary, which standardises some of
> these terms, and the new ones could (ought) to be added to it.  If everyone
> would translate this document, it makes a nice quick visual reference.

I think part of the problem is it seems people work from the name of the 
executable, then the name gets changed later on, so the following become 
inconsistent:

.desktop description
Title bar
Help about
Contents of Help about
Dialog text within the app
References in other apps

For example KDE Screen Ruler still has K-Ruler at the head of it's menu and 
KIconEdit changes it's title bar depending on the .desktop name.

Regards,
Malcolm

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