--- Gary Gregory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ah, nice definitions. > > The dictionary.com entries here > http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=capitalise yield no results, > which > is neither here or there, but just illustrates the basic problem: "It > depends". > > If you look up http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=capitalize you > get > the same definitions that you listed. Isn't this fun? > > I do think that standardizing on something is good. At the risk of being > US-centric, US English seems like a reasonable rule of thumb.
I wouldn't worry about that, most Americans are US-centric. FWIW, the JavaBeans Introspector.decapitalize() uses the American version. David > > Gary > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jon Wingfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 11:16 > > To: Jakarta Commons Developers List > > Subject: Re: StringUtils misspelled method names? > > > > FYI > > > > //1 definitions retrieved > > //"capitalise" wn "WordNet (r) 1.7" > > capitalise > > v 1: supply with capital, as of a business by using a > combination > > of capital used by investors and debt capital provided > > by lenders [syn: {capitalize}] > > 2: draw advantages from; "he is capitalizing on her mistake"; > > "she took advantage of his absence to meet her lover" > > [syn: {capitalize}, {take advantage}] > > 3: write in capital letters [syn: {capitalize}] > > 4: compute the present value of a business or an income [syn: > > {capitalize}] > > 5: consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses > > [syn: {capitalize}] > > 6: convert into capital, as of a company's reserve funds [syn: > > {capitalize}] > > . > > > > Gary Gregory wrote: > > > > > Unless I am not seing straight, the following are not spelled > properly: > > > > > > 1) capitalise > > > 2) capitaliseAllWords > > > 3) uncapitalise > > > 4) uncapitaliseAllWords > > > > > > They should be: > > > > > > capitalize > > > capitalizeAllWords > > > uncapitalize > > > uncapitalizeAllWords > > > > > > Which is *capitalize* with a 'z' not an 's'. > > > > > > Should we fix the spelling now? > > > At all? > > > The (4) method does not exist in version 1.0.1 but all of the others > > do... > > > > > > Arg, > > > > > > Gary > > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > > >>From: Shapira, Yoav [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 10:01 > > >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>Subject: Running maven for modeler question > > >> > > >> > > >>Howdy, > > >>As one of the final steps in getting the commons-modeler 1.1 release > > >>out, I'd like to update the modeler site at > > >>http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/modeler/ > > >> > > >>I've already updated the main jakarta and main commons sites, thanks > to > > >>Senor Donkin's excellent instructions at > > >>http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/releases. > > >> > > >>It looks like the site was generated by maven. If so, I think I > need to > > >>run maven again, and if so do I need to build maven myself or do we > have > > >>a ready copy on cvs.apache.org somewhere? > > >> > > >>This question could apply to any other commons component I guess. > Any > > >>help is appreciated -- thanks ;) > > >> > > >>Yoav Shapira > > >>Millennium ChemInformatics > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >>This e-mail, including any attachments, is a confidential business > > >>communication, and may contain information that is confidential, > > >>proprietary and/or privileged. This e-mail is intended only for the > > >>individual(s) to whom it is addressed, and may not be saved, copied, > > >>printed, disclosed or used by anyone else. If you are not the(an) > > >>intended recipient, please immediately delete this e-mail from your > > >>computer system and notify the sender. Thank you. > > >> > > >> > > > >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
