Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262719AbVE1MV3 (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 May 2005 08:21:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262720AbVE1MV3 (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 May 2005 08:21:29 -0400 Received: from imf20aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.68]:47058 "EHLO imf20aec.mail.bellsouth.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262719AbVE1MVQ (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 May 2005 08:21:16 -0400 Message-ID: <007001c56387$235672d0$2800000a@pc365dualp2> From: To: "Sean M. Burke" , Cc: References: <42985251.6030006@cpan.org> Subject: Re: PATCH: "Ok" -> "OK" in messages Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 09:14:04 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1478 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1478 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1004 Lines: 26 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sean M. Burke" To: Cc: Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2005 07:13 Subject: PATCH: "Ok" -> "OK" in messages > The English interjection "OK" is misspelled as "Ok" in a dozen > messages in the Linux kernel. The following patch corrects > those typos from "Ok" to "OK". It affects no comments or > symbol-names -- and it stops me wanting to gnaw my fingers off every > time I see "Ok, booting the kernel."! That's not the most annoying IMO - see how many instances of something like this you'll sprinkled around: printk("The PukeMaster is %sabled.\n", SomeFlag ? "dis" : "en"); If a NLS translator isn't a C programmer, they'll screw it up frequently. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/