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29.0.50; parse_tool_bar_item should not usually upcase "and"
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Message #20 received at 58150 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
>> Otherwise somebody could, of course, just write a function that
>> capitalises titles correctly according to one or other of the English
>> title capitalisation standards -- which isn't difficult, and would be
>> generally useful.
>
> I'm not sure it's so simple, actually, and I think your first suggestion
> is preferable. For example, "Go To Node" in the Info toolbar is
> probably correct, because it's a whole phrasal verb, but in other
> contexts, "to" in titles isn't capitalised.
>
Indeed, it's not easy, and can probably not be mechanized, because whether
a word should be capitalized or not may depend on its semantics. The CMOS
gives the following rules (I removed some parts that are not important in
the context of Emacs):
1. Capitalize the first and last words in titles and subtitles, and
capitalize all other major words (nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives,
adverbs, and some conjunctions---but see rule 4) .
2. Lowercase the articles _the_, _a_, and _an_.
3. Lowercase prepositions, regardless of length, except when they are used
adverbially or adjectivally (_up_ in _Look Up_, _down_ in _Turn Down_,
_on_ in _The On Button_, _to_ in _Come To_, etc.).
4. Lowercase the common coordinating conjunctions _and_, _but_, _for_,
_or_, and _nor_.
5. Lowercase _to_ not only as a preposition (rule 3) but also as part of
an infinitive (_to Run_, _to Hide_, etc.), and lowercase _as_ in any
grammatical function.
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