Re: Guidelines for using abbreviations

[Christian Rose <menthos menthos com>]

ons 2003-04-23 klockan 18.03 skrev Pat Costello:
> > In response to http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104439, I was
> > searching the style guide for recommendations regarding using
> > abbrevations. I only skimmed through the style guide, but I couldn't
> > find any.
> > So, are there recommendations for these? What would be appicable to the
> > above bug report? Comments in the bug report are also appreciated.
>
> There is a short recommendation regarding abbreviations in the Grammar and Usage 
> section of the GDSG, but perhaps we could expand the recommendation slightly to 
> handle cases such as those highlighted in the bug you pointed to. I have put my 
> thoughts about the particular bug into the bug report. 

Thanks, I've added my own comments now. I would be happy to hear your
opinions.


Thanks,
Christian