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:bubu...@debian.org] > >Sent: Tue 2012-01-10 12:57 > >To: Kamil Ignacak > >Cc: 652...@bugs.debian.org; debian-l10n-engl...@lists.debian.org > >Subject: Bug#652526: [BTS#652526] > >templates://unixcw/{cwcp.templates,cw.templates} : Final update for English > >review > > > >Quoting Kamil Ignacak (acer...@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. > > Jeff > > > -- T + J Williams -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org