On 08/08/07, Dan Espen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Dominik Vogt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > The standard convention is to spell acronyms in capitals. > > > > I never thought of fvwm as an acronym. > > If we say it's not an acronym then it's not.
Sure. Whilst we're there we could also that that whilst we don't need full stops, we won't use them either. That might seem facetious, but it's not meant to be. :P > In English, normally proper names are capitalized, > like Fvwm, put product names are free to do whatever they > like, for example, "iMac". Yes, but on this occasion, FVWM *stands* for something -- its name *is* the product name which means correct capitalisation of the acronym. -- Thomas Adam
