>>>>> Timothy <[email protected]> writes:
> Hi Gyro,
>> Consider Emerson’s quote:
>>
>> “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored
>> by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With
>> consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do.”
> I think applying a quote about how societal expectations and norms
> can limit the capacity for greatness of individuals, to …
> capitalisation is a bit of a stretch.
> FWIW, I think it would be good to be internally
> consistent. #+RESULTS is currently one of the few keywords
> inserted in upper case. Unless there’s a good reason to
> distinguish it from other keywords (perhaps an argument could be
> made that it should be treated differently because it is usually
> generated, not inserted by the user?), I’d be in favour of
> changing the default to be consistent.
What is the point of changing a default? Users can change to whatever
they like, but a default is a default - i.e. remains fixed. Why a
particular default arose belongs to peculiarities of history. Do people
really want to revisit this year after year? The value of a
default is irrelevant: what is important is that it does not change,
once it is chosen, without some very good reason. I have not seen that
reason in this particular case. The arguments of consistency are
ephemeral.
