Re: [HIG] Capitalization

[Pat Costello <Patrick Costello sun com>]

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> 
> On Thu, 2003-04-17 at 06:48, Mariano Suarez-Alvarez wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > Where can I find the rationale for using the `Capitalize Using Title Style'
> > on things that are not titling anything (I'm thinking of menu items,
> > actually)? I've searched the hig gnome org archive and did not find much.
> 
> I'm cc'ing Pat Costello from the GNOME Documentation Team, as the
> capitalisation rules ultimately came from them.  The only rationale I'm
> personally aware of is consistency with other desktops... Windows and
> Macintosh have pretty much the same rules for capitalisation.
> 
You can find the core capitalization rules in the GNOME Documentation Style 
Guide (GDSG), in the section Grammar and Usage Guidelines for GNOME 
Documentation. 

Pat