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Re: Bug#442216: courier: Extra capitalization in debconf templates' short descriptions



Christian Perrier <bubulle@debian.org> wrote: [...]
> Here I see short description of debconf select templates much more as 
> prompts than headings or titles (for instance, depending on the
> interface they're shown before *or after* the long description).

Most words in headings/titles should be capitalised (in the style of
the msgids in Bug 442216), but I don't think the prompts are headings.
debconf gurus may know more than me.

I'm not aware of anyone much debating capitalising headings - style
guides seem fairly consistent on this - so can someone post links?

> I recently had a small argument with Steve Langasek about samba
> prompting for "Workgroup/Domain Name:" or "Workgroup/domain
> name:". Incidentally, he 'won' the argument so we might as well ask for
> other advices here...:-)

Slash denotes alternative starts of the phrase, so I'd go with
"Workgroup/Domain name:" in that case. (A third way!  I'm channeling
Blair!  Coming next: regime change.)

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