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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Enabling krayon?
From:       Nicolas Goutte <nicog () snafu ! de>
Date:       2002-02-23 20:25:27
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On Saturday 23 February 2002 19:48, Erik Sigra wrote:
> Saturday 23 February 2002 19.22 skrev Andy Goossens:
> > On Saturday 23 February 2002 17:12, Werner Trobin wrote:
> > > On Saturday 23 February 2002 17:06, Patrick Julien wrote:
> > > > Can I re-enable default compilation of krayon?
> > >
> > > Did you already find a nice name? The main reason the compilation is
> > > disabled is that we aren't allowed to ue "krayon" :}
> >
> > Maybe name it 'Magritte' after René Magritte, a Belgian Surrealist
> > painter (1898-1967). Don't know him? Shame on you :-) I love his work,
> > so... unreal. It's very unlikely someone patented this name. (please
> > check it) And it doesn't always have to be KSomething...
>
> Before everyone on this list writes in about their favoirite painter, I
> want to suggest "noKray" or "Kunst". But if everything else is trademarked,
> "Buntstift" would be good enough.

No-Kray reminds me of "craie" in French. That makes "chalk" in English.

And the "American Heritage College Dictionnary" uses the word crayon in the 
definition of chalk. :-)

From the definition of crayon, I could also propose:
- (k)charcoal
- (k)wax

Have a nice day/evening/night!

 
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