From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
To: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Cc: Miguel Ojeda <maxextreme@gmail.com>,
akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.18 V6] drivers: add lcd display support
Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2006 09:40:53 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20061001094053.5d55bf06.rdunlap@xenotime.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <451F7A59.4020803@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
On Sun, 01 Oct 2006 10:20:41 +0200 Stefan Richter wrote:
> Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 22:45:56 +0000 Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> ...
> >> tristate "CFAG12864B LCD Display"
> >
> > That seems very common to me.
>
> It is as common as it is wrong. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAS_Syndrome
>
> ...
> >> LCDisplay??
>
> A contraction like LCDisplay, like my suggested lcdisplay for the path
> name, is IMO not suitable for use in normal written language. Use it at
> most for path names where we contract words into one or would write
> lc-display or lc_display.
>
> > I would continue to use LCD display (small d).
>
> Still wrong language.
>
> "LCD" and "LC display" are correct.
whatever.
I've never heard anyone speak of or write about an LC display.
---
~Randy
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-10-01 16:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-09-30 13:22 Miguel Ojeda Sandonis
2006-09-30 12:39 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
2006-09-30 20:10 ` Miguel Ojeda
2006-09-30 19:35 ` Randy Dunlap
2006-09-30 21:36 ` Stefan Richter
2006-09-30 21:48 ` Randy Dunlap
2006-09-30 22:45 ` Miguel Ojeda
2006-09-30 22:52 ` Randy Dunlap
2006-10-01 8:20 ` Stefan Richter
2006-10-01 16:40 ` Randy Dunlap [this message]
2006-10-01 17:46 ` Stefan Richter
2006-10-01 18:04 ` Miguel Ojeda
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