[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #51965] ode functions decic, ode15i, and ode15s are not mentioned in NEWS or manual

[Rik]

Follow-up Comment #6, bug #51965 (project octave):

Okay, also quoting from the Wikipedia entry:


The preference for an en dash instead of a hyphen in these
coordinate/relationship/connection types of terms is a matter of style
preference, not inherent orthographic "correctness"; both are equally
"correct", and each is the preferred style in some style guides. For example,
the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, the AMA Manual of
Style, and Dorland's medical reference works use hyphens, not en dashes, in
coordinate terms (such as blood–brain barrier), in eponyms (such as
Cheyne–Stokes respiration, Kaplan–Meier method), and so on.


This comes down to which style guide you want to follow.  I generally don't
want to pay for the yearly updates to something like the Chicago Manual of
Style so I use the style manual of the U.S. Government Printing Office
(https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/search/pagedetails.action?granuleId=&packageId=GPO-STYLEMANUAL-2008).
 This is good and I already paid for it with my tax dollars.  According to the
GPO:


An en dash is used--
8.72.   In a combination of (1) figures, (2) capital letters, or (3) 
        figures and capital letters. An en dash, not a hyphen, is used, 
        even when such terms are adjectival modifiers. 

          figures:
            5-20 (bonds) 
            85-1-85-20 (Public laws. Note em dash between two elements 
              with en dashes) 
            1-703-765-6593 (telephone number) 
            230-20-8030 (Social Security number)
            $15-$25 (range) 
        capital letters: 
            WTOP-AM-FM-TV (radio and television stations)
            CBS-TV 
            AFL-CIO (union merger) 
            C-SPAN (satellite television) 
        figures and capitals: 
            6-A (exhibit identification)
            DC-14 (airplane) 
            I-95 (interstate roadway)
            4-H (Club) 
            LK-66-A(2)-74 (serial number) 
       but  Rule 13e-4 
            section 12(a)-(b) (en dash used for the word ``to'') 
            ACF-Brill Motors Co. (hyphen with capital letters and a 
              word) 
            loran-C (hyphen with lowercase word and capital letter) 
            MiG-25 (hyphen with mixed letters with figure) 
            ALL-AMERICAN ESSAY CONTEST (hyphen in capitalized heading) 
            Four Corners Monument, AZ-NM-UT-CO (hyphen with two-letter 
              state abbreviations) 


If I follow their guidelines, I do not use an en-dash between two names
because the names do not consist of figure, capital letters, or a mix of
figures and capitals.

This is probably good enough for now and I'll check in your patch with the
change of en-dash to hyphen.



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