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Date:      Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:02:28 -0700
From:      Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com>
To:        freebsd-doc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: CfR: config chapter changes
Message-ID:  <20120216020228.GA1094@hemlock.hydra>
In-Reply-To: <20120216015300.GA1837@glenbarber.us>
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On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 08:53:00PM -0500, Glen Barber wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 08:31:33PM -0500, Eitan Adler wrote:
> >
> >      <indexterm><primary>sysctl</primary></indexterm>
> >      <indexterm>
> > @@ -1944,7 +1942,7 @@
> >  	out of space and the update to fail.</para>
> > 
> >        <sect3>
> > -	<title>More Details about Soft Updates</title>
> > +	<title>More Details About Soft Updates</title>
> 
> I'm not sure this "about" should be capitalized.  I may be wrong, but I
> do not believe prepositions should be capitalized in titles like this
> unless they are the first word of the title.

Different capitalization standards for titles apply in different
contexts.  Some prefer "Only the first letter capitalized" while other
prefer "Every Single Word Is Capitalized" and still others prefer
variations between the two.  There are even cases where sentence
punctuation is the "standard".  I don't know what's most appropriate in
this case.

-- 
Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]



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