> Currently, our standards don't have any policy for spelling, > neither in documentation, nor in user visible strings. > > I see all sorts of different spellings of common words used > throughout GNU - sometimes the same word is spelt differently > in different instances within the same project.
I think consistency within a project is the most important thing. > Quite apart from appearing inconsistent, this makes it hard > when grepping through documentation/code for particular > things. For documentation, I don't think it's important to have a GNU-wide standard other than internal consistency (and otherwise idiomatic English if written by a non-native speaker). In the particular example of grepping documentation, I would argue that having a well-made index is more important. > Obviously translators are free to use whatever conventions > they think appropriate for their locale, but should we have > a style guide to be followed when programs are run in the C > locale? User-visible strings should be covered by gettext and so, as you say, it's up to translators to localize appropriately. For the C locale, it's a valid question but I'm afraid that like Jose I don't have a strong opinion, other than consistency within the software. -- -brandon
