Re: [matplotlib-devel] Capitalization of Matplotlib

[Eric F. <ef...@ha...>]

On 2015/02/16 8:16 AM, Benjamin Root wrote:
> I am in the final rounds of edits for my book and a question has come up
> between me and the editors. When should the matplotlib be capitalized?
>
> 1) never
> 2) mostly never (even in the beginning of a sentence), except when used
> in a title
> 3) usually never, except at the beginning of a sentence and in titles
> 4) capitalize when referring to the project, not capitalized when
> referring to the package
> 5) usually capitalize like a proper noun except in code examples
>
> Thoughts?
> Ben Root

Do numpy and scipy have a consistent policy that could be used as a 
model?  Or newer related packages?  I think the trend is toward more use 
of capitalization to make a project name stand out.

Based on our web front page, it looks like our present policy is either 
1 or 2.  Failing to capitalize at the beginning of a sentence is 
awkward, though, so I would be inclined to change this and at least move 
to 3.

The SciPy front page awards us a capitalization--only pandas is all 
lower case there.

(In retrospect, the "mat" part of the matplotlib name is an unfortunate 
legacy.  If we were starting afresh we might use something like "PyPlot" 
for the project and pyplot for the package as a whole.)

Eric