[gmx-developers] So . . . Gromacs? GROMACS?

[Shirts, Michael (mrs5pt)]

> By the way there are many core developers now :-)

For historical purposes, I think original developers have more of a claim on
what the correct way to write name was, and therefore should what it should
be in the future.  

Clearly, for future _features_ of the code, the rest of us may have more
forceful opinions :)

Best,
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Michael Shirts
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Virginia
michael.shirts at virginia.edu
(434)-243-1821


> From: David van der Spoel <spoel at xray.bmc.uu.se>
> Reply-To: Discussion list for GROMACS development <gmx-developers at gromacs.org>
> Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2013 20:53:55 +0200
> To: <gmx-developers at gromacs.org>
> Subject: Re: [gmx-developers] So . . . Gromacs? GROMACS?
> 
> On 2013-04-13 20:50, Shirts, Michael (mrs5pt) wrote:
>> Mark, Justin-
>> 
>> It's good to have your opinion, but it seems like this should be something
>> that has a correct answer, not just opinions! It would be good to hear from
>> the main developers as to what it should be, and then perhaps we should try
>> to change the references on the website so that they are consistent, and
>> maybe make a note of that somewhere on the webpage on the correct usage.
> All capital I would say.
> 
> By the way there are many core developers now :-)
> 
>> 
>> Best,
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> Michael Shirts
>> Assistant Professor
>> Department of Chemical Engineering
>> University of Virginia
>> michael.shirts at virginia.edu
>> (434)-243-1821
>> 
>> 
>>> From: Mark Abraham <mark.j.abraham at gmail.com>
>>> Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 23:01:43 +0200
>>> To: Discussion list for GROMACS development <gmx-developers at gromacs.org>
>>> Cc: "michael.shirts at virginia.edu" <michael.shirts at virginia.edu>
>>> Subject: Re: [gmx-developers] So . . . Gromacs? GROMACS?
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 10:43 PM, Justin Lemkul <jalemkul at vt.edu> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 3:34 PM, Shirts, Michael (mrs5pt) <
>>>> mrs5pt at eservices.virginia.edu> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> What is the official way to write the name? Gromacs or GROMACS? Is there
>>>>> one?  It's frequently 'Gromacs' on the web site, but the manual and
>>>>> Bioinformatics paper on 4.5 says "GROMACS". Should this be standardized on
>>>>> the web page?
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> Being that it's an acronym, I've always tried to make it GROMACS on the
>>>> website and in the manual, wherever I find it occurring; I always thought
>>>> that was the correct way.
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Ja, same. But I have no real care either way. I have more important wars to
>>> fight. Like whitespace on gerrit :-P
>>> 
>>> Mark
>>> 
>>> Some inconsistencies remain, but such is life with wikis. I get lazy in my
>>>> emails and type "Gromacs," but that's just because I want to avoid shift ju
>>>> jitsu and/or caps lock.
>>>> 
>>>> -Justin
>>>> 
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>>>> 
>>>> Justin A. Lemkul, Ph.D.
>>>> Research Scientist
>>>> Department of Biochemistry
>>>> Virginia Tech
>>>> Blacksburg, VA
>>>> jalemkul[at]vt.edu | (540)
>>>> 231-9080http://www.bevanlab.biochem.vt.edu/Pages/Personal/justin
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>>>> 
>>>> 
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