Re: [matplotlib-devel] Capitalization of Matplotlib

2015-02-16 Thread Thomas Kluyver
On 16 February 2015 at 10:53, Nelle Varoquaux wrote: > 2. you are used to having sentences start with capital letter, but > this is mostly cultural. German People capitalize almost all Words in > a Sentence. It just looks weird too… > FWIW, I tried naming a few small projects with all-lowercase

Re: [matplotlib-devel] Capitalization of Matplotlib

2015-02-16 Thread Paul Hobson
Perhaps this is a bit a of tangent, but what is exactly is the distinction between the project and the software? Is it as simple as: software = code and project = code + mailing list + documentation + managing issues on github? On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 11:04 AM, Matthew Brett wrote: > Hi, > > On

Re: [matplotlib-devel] Capitalization of Matplotlib

2015-02-16 Thread Matthew Brett
Hi, On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 10:53 AM, Nelle Varoquaux wrote: > > IMO, never. Rationale, please? >>> >>> >>> Consistency: it is never capitalized in matplotlib's documentation. >> >> >> True, and a valid point--but we could easily change that. Wouldn't it make >> it bit mor

Re: [matplotlib-devel] Capitalization of Matplotlib

2015-02-16 Thread Nelle Varoquaux
IMO, never. >>> >>> >>> Rationale, please? >> >> >> Consistency: it is never capitalized in matplotlib's documentation. > > > True, and a valid point--but we could easily change that. Wouldn't it make > it bit more readable if sentences always started with a capital letter? > Starting wi

Re: [matplotlib-devel] Capitalization of Matplotlib

2015-02-16 Thread Eric Firing
On 2015/02/16 8:38 AM, Nelle Varoquaux wrote: > On 16 February 2015 at 19:36, Eric Firing wrote: >> On 2015/02/16 8:23 AM, Nelle Varoquaux wrote: >>> IMO, never. >> >> Rationale, please? > > Consistency: it is never capitalized in matplotlib's documentation. True, and a valid point--but we could

Re: [matplotlib-devel] Capitalization of Matplotlib

2015-02-16 Thread Nathaniel Smith
On Feb 16, 2015 10:35 AM, "Eric Firing" wrote: > > On 2015/02/16 8:16 AM, Benjamin Root wrote: > > I am in the final rounds of edits for my book and a question has come up > > between me and the editors. When should the matplotlib be capitalized? > > > > 1) never > > 2) mostly never (even in the b

Re: [matplotlib-devel] Capitalization of Matplotlib

2015-02-16 Thread Nelle Varoquaux
On 16 February 2015 at 19:36, Eric Firing wrote: > On 2015/02/16 8:23 AM, Nelle Varoquaux wrote: >> IMO, never. > > Rationale, please? Consistency: it is never capitalized in matplotlib's documentation. > > Eric > > -- >

Re: [matplotlib-devel] Capitalization of Matplotlib

2015-02-16 Thread Eric Firing
On 2015/02/16 8:23 AM, Nelle Varoquaux wrote: > IMO, never. Rationale, please? Eric -- Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashb

Re: [matplotlib-devel] Capitalization of Matplotlib

2015-02-16 Thread Eric Firing
On 2015/02/16 8:16 AM, Benjamin Root wrote: > I am in the final rounds of edits for my book and a question has come up > between me and the editors. When should the matplotlib be capitalized? > > 1) never > 2) mostly never (even in the beginning of a sentence), except when used > in a title > 3) us

Re: [matplotlib-devel] Capitalization of Matplotlib

2015-02-16 Thread Nelle Varoquaux
IMO, never. On 16 February 2015 at 19:16, Benjamin Root wrote: > I am in the final rounds of edits for my book and a question has come up > between me and the editors. When should the matplotlib be capitalized? > > 1) never > 2) mostly never (even in the beginning of a sentence), except when used

[matplotlib-devel] Capitalization of Matplotlib

2015-02-16 Thread Benjamin Root
I am in the final rounds of edits for my book and a question has come up between me and the editors. When should the matplotlib be capitalized? 1) never 2) mostly never (even in the beginning of a sentence), except when used in a title 3) usually never, except at the beginning of a sentence and in