[Qgis-developer] Qgis application name

[John C. Tull]

+1


On Aug 6, 2008, at 7:25 AM, William Kyngesburye wrote:

> Talk about cleaning up the menus for 1.0 got me to thinking about  
> the application name.  At least for OSX and Windows, if not Linux,  
> 'qgis' seems strange.  All lowercase, that is.
>
> Everything on the website and in the docs says either 'QGIS', or  
> it's full name 'Quantum GIS'.  So, for the 1.0 release, I suggest  
> 'QGIS' (all caps).
>
> What about the version in the name?  Currently it's using a *nix  
> style, full version, no spaces between the name and the version.   
> Also strange-looking on OSX and Windows.  At least put a space (OK  
> on OSX) or hyphen between name and version (and leave out  
> the .revision).  Leaving off the version would be best - if someone  
> wants multiple versions side-by-side they can safely rename the  
> application on OSX (I don't know how easy that is on Windows or  
> Linux).
>
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> William Kyngesburye <kyngchaos*at*kyngchaos*dot*com>
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