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List:       kde-i18n-doc
Subject:    Re: Letter case in kdelibs_colors4.po
From:       Karl Ove Hufthammer <karl () huftis ! org>
Date:       2009-06-30 12:23:02
Message-ID: 200906301423.02880.karl () huftis ! org
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Tysdag 30. juni 2009 skreiv Karl Ove Hufthammer:
>Not to mention inconsistent meaning. For example, ‘LightPink' is darker than
>‘Pink'. It really is a terrible collection of colour names!

I'd also like to quote Steven Pemberton :

‘The X11 colour names are an abomination that should have been stifled at birth 
[…] To say that the X11 colour set and their names have been 'designed' is an 
insult to the word "design". It is just a mess.'

His whole post can be read at http://markmail.org/message/rplevqgogxbznopt

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Karl Ove Hufthammer
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