Re: Bug#652526: [BTS#652526] templates://unixcw/{cwcp.templates,cw.templates} : Final update for English review
Hiya,
OK. My 2 cents.
How about just "for learning Morse Code." Period.
After all, Morse can be sent with R.F., a flash light, even a binary
stream. Are we not equating Morse Code with the transmission method?
On Tue, 2012-01-10 at 13:36 -0600, Jeffrey Austen wrote:
> >From: Christian PERRIER [mailto:bubulle@debian.org]
> >Sent: Tue 2012-01-10 12:57
> >To: Kamil Ignacak
> >Cc: 652526@bugs.debian.org; debian-l10n-english@lists.debian.org
> >Subject: Bug#652526: [BTS#652526] templates://unixcw/{cwcp.templates,cw.templates} : Final update for English review
> >
> >Quoting Kamil Ignacak (acerion@wp.pl):
> >
> >> - The unixcw project provides support for learning to use Morse code
> >> - over Continuous Wave radio.
> >> + The unixcw project provides support for learning Morse code (CW).
> >>
> >> It's simple, shorter, uses common abbreviation instead of unused
> >> long form, and suggests where "cw" in package's name comes from.
> >
> >How about "for learning Morse code (CW: Continuous Wave)"?
> >
> >After all, people have the right to know where acronyms come
> >from. Also, people who might use the package might not be hamr radio
> >specialists and be itnerested in understanding what this mysterious
> >"cw" stands for.
> >
> >
> >
> >Would that fit?
>
> The term Continuous Wave is an anachronism from the days of spark gap transmitters. However, the abbreviation CW is still commonly used for Morse code. (Side note: when communicating using Morse code many abbreviations are used in order to speed up the communication. Think of it as a crude form of data compression.) From a technical point of view, Morse code is not CW because the wave is interrupted - switched on and off - so the transmitted waveform is not continuous. I think that the first form "for learning Morse code (CW)" or a variation "for learning Morse code (also known as CW)" is preferable.
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> Jeff
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T + J Williams
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