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Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Cross references starting with lowercase letters


> "As we have seen in ***S***ection 2.3.1, the busy beaver function is
> uncomputable."
>
> What I like to have is
>
> "As we have seen in ***s***ection 2.3.1, the busy beaver function is
> uncomputable."

It is proper English style to use uppercase here because "Section"
takes on the role of a proper name: "see Section 6, but see also the
following section". The same holds for Equation, Figure, Theorem, etc.

Justus

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