> On 07 Jul 2015, at 23:46, Rick Walsh <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > Thank you. > > > > Silly question, what was the forth patch in the series (since they are > > > numbered x/4)? :-) > > > > The fourth was an idea to spell Bühlmann correctly, > > Ha. I got flamed big time when I (as a German) opted for the Americanized > spelling. Back then a could of Google search results showed a lot more for > Buhlmann. Not sure if that's still the case. And since we now use UTF-8 > all over the place, maybe it's time to revisit this decision. > > But if you do that, please do it everywhere (documentation, etc). > > Just prying open the can of worms... The default Subsurface language is US > English (much as I'd rather UK or AU English, I'm not going to win that > battle), and I'm pretty sure the accepted American spelling would be > Buhlmann. I'm also happy with Bühlmann, being the correct spelling of the > man's name, and an anglophone without knowledge of Germanic languages would > almost certainly read ü as u. So Bühlmann keeps the purists happy, while not > confusing the non-German speakers. > > But I don't really like Buehlmann. I understand that ue is a 'translation' > for ü, but in the literature I have read on decompression theory, the name > has been spelt Bühlmann or Buhlmann. Quoting from Google, two minutes ago > when searching for 'Buehlmann decompression': > Did you mean: Buhlmann decompression > <https://www.google.com.au/search?q=Buhlmann+decompression&spell=1&sa=X&ei=FEacVbWiL8jM8gWC85zICg&ved=0CBoQBSgA>Buhlmann > might be the closest we get, but at least it should not be spelled > “Buehlmann”. It seems that Jan is the one to blame for that strange way of spelling in the code.
> > > > > on the other hand it might be better to use the technical therm ZHL-16B > > as it shows which implementation we use. > > ZHL-16B certainly rolls off the tongue, doesn't it? I'm not sure what > people are going to be more familiar with. I would lean towards Bühlmann > and put the exact algorithm in there once (but not as the name of the > radio button that switches algorithms). > > We can put the full algorithm name in the notes and the tooltip, but I > wouldn't want to take up any more space in the configuration options. It is added to the planner notes now. > > Cheers, > > Rick > /Jocke
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