linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2.6.18 V7] drivers: add lcd display support

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Date:	Sun, 1 Oct 2006 16:25:02 +0200
From:	"Miguel Ojeda" <maxextreme@...il.com>
To:	"Stefan Richter" <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
Cc:	akpm@...l.org, "Randy Dunlap" <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.18 V7] drivers: add lcd display support

On 10/1/06, Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de> wrote:
>
> "LCD display" is wrong and, excuse me, dumb in *all* languages. The fact
> that it is common doesn't make it a smart thing to say or write. :-)
>

Well, not in all languages: You know, in other languages the "display"
word's first letter isn't "d", so "LCD display" looks good at least in
spanish, as we don't translate the english acronym. ;-)

>
> If you find "LCD" or "LC display" ugly to look at or hard to understand
> (IMO it is not hard to understand if it appears in a computer technology
> related context), you could write "liquid crystal display". I suppose
> you could also just write "cfag12864b display".
>

I find "LC display" ugly, not "LCD". I know in english looks bad, I'm
trying to find the best way to write it, I have no preference between
them.

I think I will choose "LCD" for all places, also the pathname: drivers/lcd/

I will wait for the V7 to get reviewed, then I will fix it for the V8.
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