Hirohito Higashi wrote:
[...] > > The executables are always lower case, that's clear. > > > > Since Vim is a name, a product name, it starts with a capital. > > > > In some cases VIM is used, but that should be an exception. > > > > Now for GUI Vim, how to write it in normal text? I would say that Vim is > > the strongest part of the name, and prepending "g" is for the GUI > > variant. Thus gVim would be preferred. > > > > If you think that every name should start with a capital, then you end > > up with GVim. But two capitals is a bit strange, I would only use that > > at the start of a sentence. Also, Gvim is strange, since it is dropping > > the capital from Vim. There is one exception: We are using GvimExt as a > > directory name. Changing that would be a hassle, so let's keep it. > > > > I also think that gVim looks better. > > Are you sure? > You are making the following remarks in 2017-05-30. > > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/vim_dev/a0CkwXDiQDg/8nWORUIlAAAJ Depending on the context and history, gVim may look strange. But now that I looked at several places it looks OK. The only problem is when it's used at the start of the line, it's best to just avoid that. > > While "Vim" is a name, "gvim" is a command. Vim can also be a command, > > thus then it's written as "vim". Depends on the context. > > > > I agree that "Gvim" and "gVim" are a bit strange. "GVim" is weird. > > Just using "gvim" seems best. > > And the following patch is relevant. > https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/6aa8cea46d4179b2617daae034063dd0d8054e35 > > I do not mind changing it, but I think that it is better to write the > decision matter somewhere in github's README.md. Things like this are not set in stone. UI designs change over time. -- "You mean there really is an answer?" "Yes! But you're not going to like it!" "Oh do please tell us!" "You're really not going to like it!" "but we MUST know - tell us" "Alright, the answer is...." "yes..." "... is ..." "yes... come on!" "is 42!" (Douglas Adams - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) /// Bram Moolenaar -- [email protected] -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ /// sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ \\\ an exciting new programming language -- http://www.Zimbu.org /// \\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org /// -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
