Re: Style guide topic - compound nouns.

[Chris Lyttle <chris wilddev net>]

On Wed, 2001-12-12 at 07:42, Pat Costello wrote:

> 
> Compound Noun Discussion
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> 
> Conclusion:
> 
> - I vote for consistency in forming GNOME UI the class of *bar terms. Therefore, 
> the terms should be of the one form, or the other, wherever possible. 
> 
> - Given what we know about the development of compound nouns, I'd vote for the 
> solid form for *bar terms, when the term is in current usage in both open and 
> solid form. However, there might be some *bar terms that might never be accepted 
> in wide usage in the solid form, for example "location bar" and these terms 
> would have to remain as excpetions. Nevertheless, we should strive for 
> consistency as far as possible. 
> 
Wow Thanks for this Pat. This provided a lot of clarification of the
discussion. I tend to agree with Pat, that we should use the compound
form.

Chris