On 12/31/24 7:49 PM, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
POSIX is pronounceable.
I tried to communicate my knowledge of that. I assumed that was why
you, or the person who asked you to change the styling of "POSIX" in
bashref.texi, made the choice of small caps.
Yep, we agree.
A style guide for t
At 2024-12-31T12:35:15-0500, Chet Ramey wrote:
> On 12/30/24 8:29 PM, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> > At 2024-12-30T12:40:48-0500, Chet Ramey wrote:
> > > On 12/16/24 12:48 PM, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> > > > * doc/bash.1: Introduce "POSIX mode" earlier in the document.
> > > > Set the word "POSI
On 12/30/24 8:29 PM, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
Hi Chet,
Hi.
At 2024-12-30T12:40:48-0500, Chet Ramey wrote:
On 12/16/24 12:48 PM, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
* doc/bash.1: Introduce "POSIX mode" earlier in the document. Set
the word "POSIX" in small caps (as traditionally done for acronyms
Hi Chet,
At 2024-12-30T12:40:48-0500, Chet Ramey wrote:
> On 12/16/24 12:48 PM, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> > * doc/bash.1: Introduce "POSIX mode" earlier in the document. Set
> > the word "POSIX" in small caps (as traditionally done for acronyms)
>
> `POSIX' is not an acronym, despite the Open
On 12/16/24 12:48 PM, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
* doc/bash.1: Introduce "POSIX mode" earlier in the document. Set the
word "POSIX" in small caps (as traditionally done for acronyms)
`POSIX' is not an acronym, despite the Open Group's efforts to retcon it.
It's historically been just a nam
