Merge pull request #3175 from rolandwalker/doc_cask_name_drop_characters

drop non-alpnanumeric chars from Canonical Name
Homebrew · Feb 27, 2014 · dd88c5e · dd88c5e
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@@ -168,6 +168,9 @@ To get from the App's canonical name to the Cask name:
   * hyphens stay hyphens
   * spaces become hyphens
   * digits stay digits
+  * delete any character which is not alphanumeric or hyphen
+  * collapse a series of multiple hyphens into one hyphen
+  * delete a leading hyphen
   * a leading digit gets spelled out into English: `1password` becomes `onepassword`
 
 Casks are stored in a Ruby file matching their name.