From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bastien Subject: Re: [PATCH] Manual: Consistently use 'Org mode' Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:14:22 +0100 Message-ID: <87y5u6rhag.fsf@altern.org> References: <1324262822.93074.YahooMailNeo@web161901.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:35476) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rd8Sz-0007xY-2m for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:47:25 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rd8Sx-0005Lt-6v for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:47:25 -0500 Received: from mail-wi0-f169.google.com ([209.85.212.169]:36083) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rd8Sx-0005Jw-2I for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:47:23 -0500 Received: by mail-wi0-f169.google.com with SMTP id hq12so2155463wib.0 for ; Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:47:22 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <1324262822.93074.YahooMailNeo@web161901.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> (Michael Hannon's message of "Sun, 18 Dec 2011 18:47:02 -0800 (PST)") 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: Michael Hannon Cc: Julian Gehring , "emacs-orgmode@gnu.org" Hi Michael, Michael Hannon writes: > Doesn't this depend on the way "Org mode" is being used in the sentence? > > If it's used as a noun, as in, say: > > Org mode is one of the best features of Emacs. > > then I'd expect there not to be a hyphen. > > But if it's used as an adjective, as in, say: > > There are so many Org-mode features it's hard to wrap my brain around > all of them. > > then I'd expect there would be a hyphen. I tend to agree -- but I'm not a native english speaker and I'm not sure what feels more natural. So I followed the text.texi manual in Emacs (see doc/emacs/text.texi) and I see that Outline mode is used with no hyphen, even when used as an adjective. Anyway, we can still improve this later on. Thanks, -- Bastien