Re: PATCH: "Ok" -> "OK" in messages

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sean M. Burke" <sburke@xxxxxxxx>
To: <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <trivial@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2005 07:13
Subject: PATCH: "Ok" -> "OK" in messages


> The English interjection "OK" is misspelled as "Ok" in a dozen
> messages in the Linux kernel.  The following patch corrects
> those typos from "Ok" to "OK".  It affects no comments or
> symbol-names -- and it stops me wanting to gnaw my fingers off every
> time I see "Ok, booting the kernel."!

That's not the most annoying IMO - see how many instances of something like
this you'll sprinkled around:

printk("The PukeMaster is %sabled.\n", SomeFlag ? "dis" : "en");

If a NLS translator isn't a C programmer, they'll screw it up frequently.

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