Writer's Question, "Ruby" or "ruby"?
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The name Ruby, name for a SketchUp extension, is a proper name, and therefore capitalized.
A ruby, a SketchUp extension, is a generic term. The name of the language is Ruby but the plugin is a ruby.
Factoids and opinions please?
A factoid: Aidan Chopra, (or maybe Aidan Chopra's copy editor) calls the plugins "Rubies."
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Sounds good. Though I prefer calling a plugin a plugin. Calling a plugin a ruby sounds odd to me.
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A plugin is most usually a 'Ruby script': this is often abbreviated to 'Ruby' [or ruby], with the plural 'Rubies' [or rubies].
Consider that a plugin could be complied file too, so 'plugin' is perhaps too generic.
If a plugin were a script written in the Ruby language then I'd call it a 'Ruby' [or Ruby script] - but if you called it a 'ruby' [or even a plugin] I would put out a fatwa on you... we'd all know what we meant...Unkompiliertenrubyskriptdatei might be pushing the bounds too much !
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@tig said:
Unkompiliertenrubyskriptdatei might be pushing the bounds too much !
Yes, it might be a tad too long.
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"Thingymajiggy"
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@thomthom said:
"Thingymajiggy"
Would that work better in Norwegian?
Seriously, Ruby is good because "plugin" and "Google SketchUp plugin" are synonyms here, but not out in the big world outside this forum.
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