On Wed, 2005-09-21 at 20:49 +0200, Christian Persch wrote: > Hi, > > For quite some time, the general inconsistency of strings in the various > GNOME modules has irritated me. For example, let's just look at some > strings in GNOME:
[snip] > You'll notice: > - the varying messagestyle: "[do] it?", "Would you like to...?", "Are > you sure you want to...?", "Do you want to...?". Is the file X, is it > 'called' X, or 'named' X? > - the varying presentation of the message, i.e. how the variable data > (%s) is embedded in it: no quotes, single quotes, double quotes, pango > markup. > > To fix this, I think we need: > - a String Guidelines addendum to the HIG. The HIG already tells us what > capitalisation to use in which circumstances; we need a complete style > guide; The Gnome Documentation Style Guide already contains sections with recommended terminology, which the HIG defers to. But programmers often don't read the GDSG, because they're not writing documentation. I proposed a while ago to split the recommended terminology sections of the GDSG into a separate document, which the HIG and the GDSG would then reference prominently. Creating a Gnome terminology guide would allow us to expand on the strings it recommends, including stuff like what you've mentioned, without completely bloating another document. -- Shaun _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
