[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: XML and internationalization question
From:       David Faure <david () mandrakesoft ! com>
Date:       2000-03-30 7:37:28
[Download RAW message or body]

On Thu, Mar 30, 2000 at 02:07:18AM +0100, Rik Hemsley wrote:
> #if David Faure
> > This is a very strange comment. Why define a completely new action,
> > if you _just_ want to change the text ? At least all the rest
> > (icon, accel, name...) is consistent. If you define a new one,
> > it will be even more inconsistent. Changing a text can happen
> > if in this particular application, the standard action needs
> > a slightly different label. Still, the icon, accel, etc. are still valid.
> 
> Um, but the thing I most associate with an action is its name as displayed
> in menus. If you change 'Open' to 'Load', things start getting confusing.
> 
> Well, I just think there's not much point defining a standard only to
> immediately start thinking of ways to break it.

What if you want to name "Open" as "Open Archive", just because your same appli-
cation also has a... I don't know... "Open Directory".
You may still want that the main Open has all the attributes of the
usual "Open" action, just with a different text here to avoid the confusion
with the other "Open" method.

Sometimes I'm amazed at that: we become almost dictatorial about standards,
whereas other projects are too liberal about that kind of things. Well,
I think what is needed is the right compromise in the middle. Available
standards, but still being able to do things your own way if you
want to. Consistency yes, but a little bit of freedom doesn't hurt ;-)

-- 
David FAURE
david@mandrakesoft.com, faure@kde.org
http://home.clara.net/faure/
KDE, Making The Future of Computing Available Today

[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]