[drupal-docs] use of term "how to" or "howto" inhandbook howto's

[Charlie Lowe]

haven't looked for documentation on google about it. try it. it may also 
return "how-to," but anytime i've searched for a hyphenated word, i get 
the words separately.

Steven Peck wrote:
> Really?  Is this documented anywhere on google?
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> From: drupal-docs-bounces at drupal.org on behalf of Charlie Lowe
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> Subject: Re: [drupal-docs] use of term "how to" or "howto" inhandbook howto's
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> One disadvantage of "how-to": Google doesn't search for it. Instead, it
> returns searches for "how to."
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> As far as other uses of howto or how-to, The Linux Documentation Project
> uses "howto."
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> Steven Peck wrote:
> 
>>I vote for How-to
>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howto
>>:)
>>-sp
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>>From: drupal-docs-bounces at drupal.org on behalf of puregin
>>Sent: Tue 6/7/2005 12:46 PM
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>>Subject: Re: [drupal-docs] use of term "how to" or "howto" inhandbook howto's
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>>I'd love to see all of these collected in a separate section.
>>
>>I'd also vote for "Howto" or "How-to" (as a noun, to be
>>preferred over the verbal form "How to").   I see both
>>Howto and How-to in diverse contexts from Home Renovation
>>to Extreme Makeover (make sure you don't get your how-to's
>>mixed up ;) so I think eether/i-ther has become part of standard
>>usage.
>>
>>      Djun
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>>On 7 Jun 2005, at 10:42 AM, Morbus Iff wrote:
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>>>>I think we should either write:
>>>>
>>>>  HOWTO: creating forum containers
>>>
>>>To throw my weight in, I would choose the above. The "HOWTO: " makes
>>>it a
>>>stylistic creation: "Ah! This is a special type of document called a
>>>HOWTO; awesome, I recognize those!" as opposed to:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>  How to create forum containers
>>>
>>>which is bland and boring, and I'd revise to
>>>be the more 'active' "Creating forum containers".
>>>
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