Re: [PATCH] filename.7: new manual page
On Mon, Sep 06, 2021 at 04:21:09PM +0200, Alejandro Colomar (man-pages) wrote:
> Hello Thaddeus,
>
> On 9/6/21 1:40 PM, Thaddeus H. Black wrote:
> > This email submits to the Linux man-pages project the new manual page
> > filename(7). The manual page's groff source follows in patch format.
> >
> > This email is copied to two other, relevant lists as a courtesy, but its
> > main target is the list <linux-man@vger.kernel.org>, whose archives are
> > at [https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-man/].
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> > +.SS Capitalization
> > +.P
> > +A loosely observed convention favors small letters in filenames where no
> > +reason to use capitals exists.
>
> Most manual pages talking about capitalization typically use the term 'case'
> (uppercase, lowercase, case sensitive, ...); probably because of 'toupper()'
> and 'tolower()'. I think, for consistency, using the same terminology would
> be better.
lower-case and upper-case are the traditional typographical terms.
-- hendrik
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