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Adds advice on text strings to style guide
Signed-off-by: Tim Wootton <tim@tee-jay.demon.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Dirk Hohndel <dirk@hohndel.org>
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in C++ we are a bit less strict about this - but still, try not to go
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crazy.
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- text strings
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The default language of subsurface is US English so please use US English
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spelling and terminology.
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Where at all possible strings should be passed to the tr() function to enable
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translation into other languages.
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-- like this
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QString msgTitle = tr("Submit user survey.");
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-- rather than
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QString msgTitle = "Submit user survey.";
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- UI text style
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These guidleines are designed to ensure consitency in presentation within
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Subsurface.
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Only the first word of multi-word text strings should be captalized unless
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a word would normally be capitalized mid-sentance, like Africa. This applies
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to all UI text including menus, menu items, tool-tips, button text and label
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text etc. e.g. "Check for updates" rather than "Check for Updates".
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We also captialize Subsurface (NOTE: not SubSurface) when referring to the
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application itself.
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Abbreviations should end with a period, e.g. "temp." not "temp" for
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temperature
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Numerals in chemical formulae should use subscript characters e.g. O₂ not O2
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Partial pressures in Subsurface are, by convention, abbreviated with a single
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"p" rather than 2, as in pO₂ not ppO₂
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Where more than one term exists for something, please choose the one already
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in use within Subsurface e.g. Cylinder vs. Tank.
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Sample Settings
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