discuss: front page edited, need review :-)
Subject:
Re: [discuss] front page edited, need review :-)
From:
Steven ####@####.####
Date:
21 Oct 2008 23:12:21 +0100
Message-Id: <722285.42778.qm@web51805.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
> > > Also, for consistency with "HOWTO" and "Guides".
> > > Perhaps "HOWTO"s should be "How-tos".
> >
> > AFAIK, HOWTO is usually written capitalized. Don't know
> > why :-)
>
> This would be a good case of "It's just the way it's done".
I was told by an editor, that both "HOWTO" and "How-to" are
acceptable, and to use that which suits best. Imho "How-to"
is best for casual prose.
Rick wrote :
> When I was writing articles for IDG's Linuxworld.com
> ......
> Worse, they altered my mentions of the command name "ftp" to "FTP",
Laugh...
> which _really_ made me look like an idiot in
> print.
Editors can do that.
> (However, they were paying the money, so they got to make the rules.)
S.
