On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, ed hunter wrote: > On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 12:51:56AM +0000, Alan Horkan wrote: >> Not sure about what to call the sheet 'Directonal Map' is kinda crap, >> and I dont want to call it 3D as that would push my Assorted sheet from >> being shown first ;) > > Isometric map symbols :-) > > BTW, speaking of names, there should be (if there is not already) > a standard style for naming sheets and shapes. It really looks strange > if shapes on one sheet are named as "Shape Name", on another "Shape name" > and on yet another "A Shape Name".
Good point. Some guidelines for object creation would be useful. Alan, have you started anything in that direction? > I suggest naming all shapes as "Shape name", i.e. no article and only > first word capitalized, with an exception of abbreviations The Civil sheet is particularly messy, and provides examples of just about every kind. I kinda like having the "a[n]" there, but there are cases where it's grammatically wrong to do so: "A soil"? The names look ... naked without the pronoun, though. -Lars -- Lars Clausen (http://shasta.cs.uiuc.edu/~lrclause)| H�rdgrim of Numenor "I do not agree with a word that you say, but I |---------------------------- will defend to the death your right to say it." | Where are we going, and --Evelyn Beatrice Hall paraphrasing Voltaire | what's with the handbasket? _______________________________________________ Dia-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://www.lysator.liu.se/~alla/dia/faq.html Main page at http://www.lysator.liu.se/~alla/dia
