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Subject:    Re: [KDE Usability] Notes on the KDE string "house style"
From:       Celeste Lyn Paul <celeste () kde ! org>
Date:       2010-07-28 14:07:28
Message-ID: AANLkTik7LtG0=wbHKq66udL86xWTmnZXnWc+cH+5rwwL () mail ! gmail ! com
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The HIG is an appropriate place and I welcome anyone who wants to help
maintain the document :)

2010/7/27 Andrew Coles <andrew.i.coles@googlemail.com>:
> Hi all,
>
> Triggered by someone new wanting to join the en_GB translation team, and
> hence share the task of proof-reading, I realised that many of the English
> language conventions to which the strings in KDE adhere are undocumented:
> they've only been discussed by email or IRC.  As such, to improve the bus
> factor (and maybe make my job easier in the first place ;) ), I'm going to
> write down as many as I can think of as being pertinent, along with a list
> of common errors, and put them in techbase.  What I'm wondering is where
> such notes would be best stored within the techbase hierarchy - would adding
> sections to http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/Usability/HIG be appropriate?
> As examples of the sort of notes I intend to make:
>
> - contractions (don't, isn't) are not used
> - exclamation marks are only used in games
> - URL is capitalised
>
> So, if these look like points for the HIG, I can add to there.  If not,
> suggestions of a reasonable alternative location will be gratefully
> received.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andrew
>
>
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Celeste Lyn Paul
KDE Usability Project
KDE e.V. Board of Directors
www.kde.org
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