Re: [Emo-dir] quick-start guides

> On 1/02/2022, at 12:15 AM, Carsten Bormann <cabo@tzi.org> wrote:
> 
> On 2022-01-27, at 19:11, Alice Russo <arusso@amsl.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Convert
> 
> I have a slight problem with this word.
> 
> Convert, to many, implies a one-time activity.
> “Let’s convert this library to C++ so it is easier to maintain”…
> 
> What we mean here is something that is done after each round of editing.
> 
> Maybe we need a better term for formatting documents.
> “Formatting” may be more familiar to people who have used LaTeX or similar at the university.
> “Rendering” is another word, but maybe even more of an in-group term.

The standard term used by the tools team is "rendering".  This predates me so I don’t the know origins but authors.ietf.org uses this term and "converting" where "rendering" would be hard to understand.  I agree that it has a one-time implication but some times we just need to pick a word.

Jay

> “Printing” is something a Word user would do, “Print to PDF”.
> 
> Grüße, Carsten
> 
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