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Subject:Re: folder/directory on Windows NT From:jon beckton <jon -dot- beckton -at- asml -dot- nl> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 02 Dec 1999 14:48:07 +0100
Carnall, Jane wrote:
>
> Your opinions are solicited: Are Windows NT directories more properly
> referred to as folders?
>
<SNIP>
> There are two chapters in particular, "Installing TinWoodman on Windows NT"
> and "Installing TinWoodman on UNIX". I must refer to directories in the UNIX
> chapter: should I refer to directories or folders in the Windows NT chapter?
>
Will your reader be working with both chapters at the same time? If not
(and it seems unlikely) there is no conflict. Use the correct term for
each OS.
