From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tom Slee Subject: Org mode or Org-mode or org-mode or org? Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 09:30:38 -0400 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=089e0117689d5fb58204e2cebca8 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36460) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V4WcF-0003Lr-Hx for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Jul 2013 09:39:06 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V4WcB-00080O-KX for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Jul 2013 09:38:59 -0400 Received: from mail-oa0-x230.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4003:c02::230]:63164) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V4WUV-0005Jp-5m for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Jul 2013 09:30:59 -0400 Received: by mail-oa0-f48.google.com with SMTP id f4so1490400oah.35 for ; Wed, 31 Jul 2013 06:30:58 -0700 (PDT) List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org --089e0117689d5fb58204e2cebca8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On the orgmode.org site this thing is called "Org mode" while on worg and in the papers on literate programming with org it is called "Org-mode" with a hyphen. On the email list it is commonly called "org-mode" (lower case o, hyphen) or just org. Is there any consensus about the proper name by which to refer to [oO]rg[-]mode in a formal context? Tom --089e0117689d5fb58204e2cebca8 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On the orgmode.org site= this thing is called "Org mode" while on worg and in the papers = on literate programming with org it is called "Org-mode" with a h= yphen. On the email list it is commonly called "org-mode" (lower = case o, hyphen) or just org.=A0

Is there any consensus about the proper name by which to ref= er to [oO]rg[-]mode in a formal context?

Tom
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--089e0117689d5fb58204e2cebca8-- From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Sebastien Vauban" Subject: Re: Org mode or Org-mode or org-mode or org? Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 16:45:53 +0200 Message-ID: <86ob9idbz2.fsf@somewhere.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org To: emacs-orgmode-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org Tom Slee wrote: > On the orgmode.org site this thing is called "Org mode" while on worg and > in the papers on literate programming with org it is called "Org-mode" wi= th > a hyphen. On the email list it is commonly called "org-mode" (lower case = o, > hyphen) or just org. > > Is there any consensus about the proper name by which to refer to > [oO]rg[-]mode in a formal context? Personally, I follow the convention used in the Emacs manual, that is Dired mode, Hideshow mode, Org mode, etc. Extract: =E2=95=AD=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80 =E2=94=82 25.9 Org Mode =E2=94=82 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =E2=94=82=20 =E2=94=82 Org mode is a variant of Outline mode for using Emacs as an org= anizer =E2=94=82 and/or authoring system. Files with names ending in the extens= ion =E2=94=82 `.org' are opened in Org mode (*note Choosing Modes::). To exp= licitly =E2=94=82 switch to Org mode, type `M-x org-mode'. =E2=94=82=20 =E2=94=82 In Org mode, as in Outline mode, each entry has a heading li= ne that =E2=94=82 starts with one or more `*' characters. *Note Outline Format::= . In =E2=94=82 addition, any line that begins with the `#' character is treate= d as a =E2=94=82 comment. =E2=95=B0=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80 Best regards, Seb --=20 Sebastien Vauban From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Suvayu Ali Subject: Re: Org mode or Org-mode or org-mode or org? Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 17:06:42 +0200 Message-ID: <20130731150642.GB17227@kuru.dyndns-at-home.com> References: <86ob9idbz2.fsf@somewhere.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44441) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V4XzD-0004uJ-F3 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Jul 2013 11:06:52 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V4XzC-00013l-8p for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Jul 2013 11:06:47 -0400 Received: from mail-ea0-x233.google.com ([2a00:1450:4013:c01::233]:48410) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V4XzC-00013U-2Z for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Jul 2013 11:06:46 -0400 Received: by mail-ea0-f179.google.com with SMTP id b10so419288eae.24 for ; Wed, 31 Jul 2013 08:06:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kuru.dyndns-at-home.com ([2001:610:120:3001:f2de:f1ff:fe37:c76c]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id c3sm3253872eev.3.2013.07.31.08.06.43 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Wed, 31 Jul 2013 08:06:43 -0700 (PDT) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <86ob9idbz2.fsf@somewhere.org> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 04:45:53PM +0200, Sebastien Vauban wrote: > Tom Slee wrote: > > On the orgmode.org site this thing is called "Org mode" while on worg and > > in the papers on literate programming with org it is called "Org-mode" with > > a hyphen. On the email list it is commonly called "org-mode" (lower case o, > > hyphen) or just org. > > > > Is there any consensus about the proper name by which to refer to > > [oO]rg[-]mode in a formal context? > > Personally, I follow the convention used in the Emacs manual, that is Dired > mode, Hideshow mode, Org mode, etc. AFAIR, Carsten prefers it as Org mode too. That said, I think the names are somewhat context dependent. The manual prefers Org mode, following the convention: mode. On the list you will see people use org-mode because that is the actual command to turn on Org mode. Sometimes this is shortened as org, or Org. Academic discussions of Org mode are bound by the rules of grammar. I guess that is why you might Org-mode instead of org-mode: proper nouns are capitalised. :) -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tom Slee Subject: Re: Org mode or Org-mode or org-mode or org? Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 11:09:34 -0400 Message-ID: References: <86ob9idbz2.fsf@somewhere.org> <20130731150642.GB17227@kuru.dyndns-at-home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=e89a8ff1cca63a482504e2d01eb3 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47525) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V4Y7W-0006zH-Tt for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Jul 2013 11:15:27 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V4Y7S-0004Cf-E6 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Jul 2013 11:15:22 -0400 Received: from mail-oa0-x22f.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4003:c02::22f]:46370) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V4Y2F-000254-K3 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Jul 2013 11:09:55 -0400 Received: by mail-oa0-f47.google.com with SMTP id g12so1237691oah.6 for ; Wed, 31 Jul 2013 08:09:55 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20130731150642.GB17227@kuru.dyndns-at-home.com> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Suvayu Ali Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org --e89a8ff1cca63a482504e2d01eb3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Thanks Sebastien and Suvayu: your answers make a lot of sense (and are even consistent with each other). Tom On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 11:06 AM, Suvayu Ali wrote: > On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 04:45:53PM +0200, Sebastien Vauban wrote: > > Tom Slee wrote: > > > On the orgmode.org site this thing is called "Org mode" while on worg > and > > > in the papers on literate programming with org it is called "Org-mode" > with > > > a hyphen. On the email list it is commonly called "org-mode" (lower > case o, > > > hyphen) or just org. > > > > > > Is there any consensus about the proper name by which to refer to > > > [oO]rg[-]mode in a formal context? > > > > Personally, I follow the convention used in the Emacs manual, that is > Dired > > mode, Hideshow mode, Org mode, etc. > > AFAIR, Carsten prefers it as Org mode too. > > That said, I think the names are somewhat context dependent. The manual > prefers Org mode, following the convention: mode. On the list > you will see people use org-mode because that is the actual command to > turn on Org mode. Sometimes this is shortened as org, or Org. Academic > discussions of Org mode are bound by the rules of grammar. I guess that > is why you might Org-mode instead of org-mode: proper nouns are > capitalised. > > :) > > -- > Suvayu > > Open source is the future. It sets us free. > > --e89a8ff1cca63a482504e2d01eb3 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Thanks Sebastien and Suvayu: your answers make a lot of se= nse (and are even consistent with each other).

Tom
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On Wed,= Jul 31, 2013 at 11:06 AM, Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.c= om> wrote:
On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 04= :45:53PM +0200, Sebastien Vauban wrote:
> Tom Slee wrote:
> > On the orgmode.o= rg site this thing is called "Org mode" while on worg and
> > in the papers on literate programming with org it is called "= ;Org-mode" with
> > a hyphen. On the email list it is commonly called "org-mode&= quot; (lower case o,
> > hyphen) or just org.
> >
> > Is there any consensus about the proper name by which to refer to=
> > [oO]rg[-]mode in a formal context?
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> Personally, I follow the convention used in the Emacs manual, that is = Dired
> mode, Hideshow mode, Org mode, etc.

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:)

--
Suvayu

Open source is the future. It sets us free.


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