Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 17:08:28 +0100 From: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org> To: "Jesus R. Camou" <jcamou@cox.net>, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/77888: [PATCH] freebsd-questions article tweaks Message-ID: <20050222160828.GA3456@eddie.nitro.dk> In-Reply-To: <20050222142525.GB607@nosferatu.blackend.org> References: <200502212340.j1LNeN37034978@freefall.freebsd.org> <20050222142525.GB607@nosferatu.blackend.org>
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--5vNYLRcllDrimb99 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2005.02.22 15:25:25 +0100, Marc Fonvieille wrote: > On Mon, Feb 21, 2005 at 11:40:23PM +0000, Jesus R. Camou wrote: > > > From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> > > > To: "Jesus R. Camou" <jcamou@cox.net> > > > Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org > > > Subject: Re: docs/77888: [PATCH] freebsd-questions article tweaks > > > Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 09:49:56 +1030 > > >=20 > > > --aSM3KCOUSI0G0tph > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3Dus-ascii > > > Content-Disposition: inline > > > =20 > > > On Monday, 21 February 2005 at 15:32:43 -0700, Jesus R. Camou wrote: > > > > > > > >> Synopsis: [PATCH] freebsd-questions article tweaks > > > >> Description: > > > > > > > > o cleatext -> clear text > > > > o spelt -> spelled > > > =20 > > > "spelt" is correct, as confirmed by the Oxford English Dictionary. > > =20 > > Yes, it is the correct British spelling. The docproj uses US English > > spelling for the docs. =20 >=20 > You're both right on this, I mean American english should be used in our > docs, but on things like articles we may let the author to use "UK > English" if it's his choice *and* if his text is consistant on this > point. On the web site pages or large books with many authors like the > Handbook, we also need consistency and there we "prefer" to use en_US. This makes sense to me. How about adding a short note to the FDP about this, since it explictly states "Use American English spelling" now[1]? [1] http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/writing-sty= le.html --=20 Simon L. Nielsen --5vNYLRcllDrimb99 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCG1j8h9pcDSc1mlERAjx7AKCQg6QgRHUmLEuHGS8yeTB2SuVtoACfT/qz ORMMrJl6jIHAi3kWqcEhkcY= =lPzn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --5vNYLRcllDrimb99--
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