> > Log message:
> > * Write fvwm in lower case everywhere
>
> I disagree with this policy.
>
> > (sigh, FVWM has been popping up all over
> > the place since the last time I cahanged this)..
>
> That's because lower case acronyms are counter-intuitive &
> uncommon.
My opinion is that
* Acronyms are counter-intuitive and uncommon.
* Words written in capital letters offend the eye and
are difficult to read.
* Fvwm is just a name. Almost nobody cares what the
letters stand for or whether they stand for anything.
* In common language, words are written in lower case.
* Documents teeming with MWM, EWMH, GNOME, FVWM,
WINDOWFOO.PL, TAB, SPACE, META, KDE, QT, GTK, XPM, PNG, SVG,
ICCCM, GTK+ etc. are simply difficult to read.
* There have always been much more places where "fvwm"
was written that "FVWM".
* Writing acronyms in capitals is technically wrong. EMWH does
not stand for "Enhanced Window Manager Hints" (which is
incorrect in English language) but for "enhanced window
manager hints".
* In common language, words are written in lower case.
* The executable's name is "fvwm".
* The tarball's name is "fvwm-something.tar.gz".
* Nobody who thinks FVWM is the better name ever made
any effort to unify the spelling (which means to edit
hundreds of files manually).
> The standard convention is to spell acronyms in capitals.
I never thought of fvwm as an acronym.
Ciao
Dominik ^_^ ^_^
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