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.