[SOLVED] Re: html on Fedora -- looking for "where to go"

[Paul Allen Newell]

On 8/9/2011 6:17 AM, Tim wrote:
> On Mon, 2011-08-08 at 18:15 -0700, Paul Allen Newell wrote:
>> assuming case-insensitivity
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> Once you've set yourself a rule, it's easier to be consistent throughout
> your site.  Particularly if you put enough thought into it, ahead of
> time, that you won't need to break it.
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Tim:

Over the decades I've certainly learned the value of rules. That being 
said, the rules evolve as I learn more and more. And then there are 
those which weren't thought out, such as case-sensitivity differences 
between Windows and Linux. I made the mistake of assuming that I'd never 
be migrating code between the two and was sloppy on Windows as I focused 
on dealing with 8.3 naming. Retrofitting, just like porting code, does 
have its few groans of "I missed that one".

I do try to have rules which work globally for html, C++, Python, text, 
etc. rather than different rules for different uses. Obviously, can't do 
this all the time (and in some cases, rarely does it hold any time), but 
it strikes me better to first try to view top down.

Yours is a good rule, though I accept the shift key as a fact of life 
(this letter is evidence of that; otherwise, capitalization would be 
lost). I prefer underbar to hyphen for space as hyphen is a legit 
character, but I can see that such is just a matter of personal choice. 
I've worked in enough places whose C++ coding standards are camelBack 
that it is second nature to me (I only started using it because I had to 
... you are right about the problems with what can be created if 
camelBack is applied without a good proof-read).

I wish the Chicago Manual of Style would weigh in on url name 
conventions (not to mention typography in code). Not that I'd agree with 
them, but it would be a good starting point.

Thanks,
Paul