> Tony: > However the official, unchangeable names as shown in the > "Greek and Coptic" Unicode reference file > http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0370.pdf are GREEK CAPITAL LETTER > LAMDA and GREEK SMALL LETTER LAMDA respectively. The small letter, but > not the capital, has under its official name there the commentary "= > lambda".
Thank you for the background information Tony. Indeed, as Dominique points out, it seems that the Greek National Body preferred the LAMDA spelling as it is closer to the Greek spelling ΛΑΜΔΑ. The B has no place in this word. However, LAMBDA is the official English spelling and used everywhere outside the Unicode reference as far as I can tell. Since the Unicode reference added the English spelling as a comment, the vim documentation could do so as well in my opinion. > Bram: > I think adding "aka LAMBDA" is apprpriate. I agree. I will open a PR. Cheers Max On 22 Mar 17:51, Dominique Pellé wrote: > Bram Moolenaar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Max Mahlke wrote: > > > > > in runtime/doc/digraph.txt, the greek letter lambda is spelt LAMDA. I > > > was looking for it under the accepted spelling LAMBDA, though I am aware > > > that some people prefer the LAMDA spelling. I see that the vim source > > > makes frequent use of both spellings. > > > > The unicode consortium uses LAMDA. It does mention "lambda" below > > "GREEK SMALL LETTER LAMDA". I have no clue where the difference comes > > from. > > Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambda gives an explanation: > > > Lambda (/ˈlæmdə/;[1] uppercase Λ, lowercase λ; Greek: λάμ(β)δα, lám(b)da) > > ...snip... > > Unicode uses the (Modern Greek-based) spelling "lamda" in > > character names, instead of "lambda", due to "the pre-existing > > names in ISO 8859-7, as well as preferences expressed by > > the Greek National Body". -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_dev/20230322180841.vbxlrstpkr7p4x5g%40carbon.
