Keyboard key terminology

[Phil Bull]

Hi guys,

We have a bug [1] where the reporter recommends that we refer to the
Return/Enter key as "Enter" instead of "Return". It seems that we
currently refer to that key by both names in the documentation; I think
that it would be a good idea to standardise on one and put a note in the
style guide about it. The question is, which variant should we use?

It's worth noting that the GNOME Style Guide [2] recommends using
"Return". I also ran the following commands on the ubuntu-intrepid
branch:

$ find `pwd` -wholename "*/C/*.xml*" | xargs grep "<keycap>Return" | wc
-l
27

$ find `pwd` -wholename "*/C/*.xml*" | xargs grep "<keycap>Enter" | wc
-l
8

The reporter of the bug and another commenter feel that "Enter" is the
more commonly-used term, however. Does anyone have a strong preference
either way?

Thanks,

Phil

[1] - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-docs/+bug/213104
[2] -
http://library.gnome.org/devel/gdp-style-guide/2.22/gnome-glossary-generic-terms.html.en

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Phil Bull
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