> > Page 229: C shell is out of order. Although many
> indexes would  
> > place this after degrees Celcius, for consistency
> in this document,  
> > it should be placed before "currently", I suspect.
> (I think there  
> > are two standards for "alphabetical order" in
> computer documents;  
> > some use a space as being before "a", while some
> consider the  
> > letter after the space as definitive, with the
> space being ignored.)
> 
> 
> Our standard is to treat spaces as sorting before
> "a."  So, "C shell"  
> would sort *before* "Celsius" and "currently."  We do
> not consider  
> case when sorting indexes.

Ah, OK. I'll have to take a look again, because it seemed to me there were 
places where the spaces were ignored. That may have been a misperception on my 
part though. 

For clarification (and since you don't have TSG handy), I was indicating 
putting "C shell" after the Celsius entry (I can't write it here, but it is a 
degree symbol followed by a "C" sort of like *C), because there is nothing 
written after the C (C comes before C<space>). Calling it the Celsius entry is 
a little misleading if you can't look at it in TSG.

So, I'm guessing the order should be:

*C
C shell
Celsius
Centigrade

Does that sound right?
Thanks for the clarification as to Sun's standard.

> > Page 228: There are, I would argue, legitimate uses
> of -enabled.  
> > For example:
> >   "Sun SPOTs are JAVA-enabled devices that can be
> used to..." In  
> > this type of context, the alternatives don't really
> work.
> 
> I don't recall the specific section here, but the
> problem with your  
> example is that it is inappropriate to add a suffix
> to a trademarked  
> term.  It would be OK to say "Java enabled," but not
> with the hypen  
> since Java is a TM.

OK, that's a good point. I've seen it used this way, but with your explanation, 
I would have to agree with you. Scratch my previous comment, as I can't think 
of seeing it being used this way with a non-trademarked term.

Rainer
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