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Couldn't they have at least used the word "ruler" then?
by Joker_vD 2y ago
Couldn't they have at least used the word "ruler" then?
- Sharlin 2y agoNo, because a ruler is completely different from a rule.
- Joker_vD 2y agoNo? Both "rule" and "ruler" can denote this thing also called straightedge; but the word "ruler" is more commonly used in this sense, while "rule" generally means an instruction.
- 9dev 2y agoIsn't a ruler a measuring device to measure a rule?
- Sharlin 2y agoBut here the meaning of "rule" is not "straightedge", but rather the derived meaning "a thin printed line or dash". So "ruler" would be improper because that word doesn't have the typographical meaning.
- Joker_vD 2y agoWait, so the "ruler guides" are misnamed, they are just "rules"? In any case, the things they added could very well have been called "column-divider" and "row-divider" with much less ambiguity because not everyone who has to wrangle with CSS is a designer by profession or by choice.
- cstrahan 2y agoIf I understand what you’re referring to, then I suspect you’re mistaken about the names you’re referring to. I presume you’re talking about a feature like this: https://tagboard.com/product/guides-and-remote-refresh-capabilities/ https://tagboard.com/product/guides-and-remote-refresh-capab... In page layout software, the thin UI elements bordering the left side and top side of the page, with the little tick marks, is called a ruler. The tick marks on the ruler are called rules (just like the rules on a physical ruler used for measuring things). When you click/drag on the ruler elements, you create guides (or guidelines). I’ve never seen “ruler guides” verbatim, but I would take that to be shorthand for “guides one could create using the ruler” (which would be a mouthful) to disambiguate the word “guide” when there isn’t sufficient context for the reader to likely understand what was meant. The guides themselves are not rulers.
- rerdavies 2y ago"ruler guide" - One of those English noun chains that my translators hate so much. Because in most other languages you actually do have to say "the guide of the ruler" or some comparably awkward mouthful.
- krispyfi 2y agoA ruler is called a "ruler" because it has rules. > A ruler, sometimes called a rule, scale or a line gauge or metre/meter stick, is an instrument used to make length measurements, whereby a length is read from a series of markings called "rules" along an edge of the device. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruler https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruler
- rerdavies 2y agoA ruler is called a ruler because you use it to MAKE rules. Fixed that for u, wikipedia. :-)
- alanbernstein 2y agoI'm not sure about the real etymology, but I suppose a rule (line) is a special case of a rule (instruction): things should be aligned with this line.
- afiori 2y agoMore than a line I think the evolution is along the lines of - there is a decision on how to measure things ( this affects prices taxes and commerce ) - there is an association between the power to enforce a standard and the instruments of that standard - the measure instruments are generally very straight