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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Kicker modifications
From:       Christoph Cullmann <crossfire () babylon2k ! de>
Date:       2002-01-05 15:57:20
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Am Saturday 05 January 2002 16:34 schrieb Roberto Teixeira:
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> Hi,
>
> while I do agree with the naming standard we've chosen for kicker, I think
> I see problems in the horizon.
>
> This last change in kicker will require a lot of work from the i18n people
> because as it is right now my kicker is filling the whole screen with those
> huge names. I've got entries like 'Kate (Advanced Text Editor) (Um avançado
> editor de textos)' for example (not the biggest btw). Some of the problems
> are purely i18n, but some apps already had long Names.
>
> So I propose that _if_ we decide to keep this change in kicker (I'm for
> it), we (I can do it, but help would be much appreciated) should change the
> .desktop files to fix the Name and Comment fields so that the translators
> (who already have their hands filled) can have enough time to have these
> menus look good when KDE3 comes out.
Wait until this night, will try to fix the long comments.
The double   (Advanced Text Editor) (Um avançado editor de textos) will be 
removed, too, and will shorten the comments (if possible).

>
> I wouldn't want to start changing the names and comments before being sure
> this change will not be reverted.
>
> sds,
>
> 	Roberto.
>
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