<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 1:42 PM, Greg Hellings <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:greg.hellings@gmail.com">greg.hellings@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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Since we have an abbreviation field already designated for the conf,<br>
perhaps we should make it required? Or perhaps applications could<br>
use, first, the Abbreviation field if present and only fall back to<br>
the module name if an Abbreviation is lacking? That way the module<br>
creator of GerThis or GerThat could display THIS instead of GerThis if<br>
they wanted in well-behaved applications?<br>
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Otherwise, what is the purpose of the Abbreviation field?<br></blockquote><div>It's probably best not to make it required (most existing modules won't have it), but trying using the Abbreviation first then the Name as a replacement if necessary was the use case it was specifically put in for. <br>
<br>When this last came up was when it was decided to put the Abbreviation field in the .conf files, but I don't know that <br>a) it was done in any of the conf files<br>b) any frontend authors added support for it<br>
<br>If a) happens, b) is likely to follow.<br></div><div> <br clear="all">God Bless,<br>Ben<br>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>Multitudes, multitudes,<br> in the valley of decision!<br>
For the day of the LORD is near<br> in the valley of decision.<br><br>Giôên 3:14 (ESV) <br></div></div><br>