On 2024-06-21 04:50, David Chmelik wrote:
No literate person would write "I'm going to My Garage to get My Toolbox
and My Hammer and My Saw and My Nails to work on My Project" because one
doesn't capitalise nouns except proper nouns, which aren't used in that
example (only exception is academic context, such as Science/Mathematics
Department or Class/Course, but not when talking about science/mathematics
or classes/courses in non-academic context).  However, this ungrammatical
style is sadly what most user interfaces do, including XDG-specified!  I
don't know that's because most copied early versions of Windows and/or
similar software on UNIX that had program groups with capitalised names
despite being similar to garages & toolboxes and not being academic
subjects.  It's also wrong in standard/classic menus such as 'File Edit
View Help' though as those capital letters get underlined, may improve
their readability.

The title-style capitalization is appropriate. It's uniquely English, and many translations address casing locale-specifically.

--Pat

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