Well, if you believe dictionaries: minimal: adj. 1a Smallest in amount or degree. 1b Small in amount or degree. 1c Only barely adequate. 2 often Minimal Of, relating to, or being minimalism
minimalist: n. 1 One who advocates a moderate or conservative approach, action, or policy, as in a political or governmental organization. 2 A practitioner of minimalism. minimalist: adj. 1 Of, relating to, characteristic of, or in the style of minimalism. 2 Being or providing a bare minimum of what is necessary. So minimal is clearly not what we mean, but the second adjective definition is clearly what we mean. So minimalist seems to work. Minimalistic is clearly not a word. Minimal means, and further, connotes, the wrong thing. Don't techies ever use dictionaries? -tom -----Original Message----- From: Arnold Shore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 11:15 AM To: Tomcat Developers List Subject: RE: Minimalistic Docs And a minimalistic use of "Minimalistic" would be "Minimal". as -----Original Message----- From: Christopher K. St. John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 12:47 PM To: Tomcat Developers List Subject: Re: Minimalistic Docs Anthony Holland wrote: > > "Tomcat - A Minimalistic User's Guide" > > There is no such word as 'minimalistic'. > In the style of a member of the art movement Minimalism. In the style of a minimalist. Minimalistic. Works for me. "Minimalist User's Guide" would imply that the user's guide has to do with the art movement (or communism), while "Minimalistic" implies that the guide is in the style of, but not actually about, Minimalism. "A Minimalist's Guide" might work. -- Christopher St. John [EMAIL PROTECTED] DistribuTopia http://www.distributopia.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
