From: Bastien <bzg@altern.org>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: brand names in documentation
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 02:59:14 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87bq9rrldp.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <62b3fb50711162007i60035123vcfb69ceea81b9fc0@mail.gmail.com> (Nagarjuna G.'s message of "Sat, 17 Nov 2007 09:37:14 +0530")
"Nagarjuna G." <nagarjun@gnowledge.org> writes:
> a suggestion: the documentation is perfect, but I do not like the use
> of brandnames like 'Excel'. please use spreadsheet application
> instead.
The first two occurrences could be replaced.
For the last one, it's more like a joke -- so "spreadsheet application"
would flatten things too much :) Let's keep the reference and play with
periphrastically ways of referring:
... « try that with the I-can't-compute-850*77.1-spreadsheet-app! »
Other proposals?
--
Bastien
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2007-11-17 4:07 brand names in documentation Nagarjuna G.
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