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List:       kde-i18n-doc
Subject:    Re: Directory -> Folder in Crusader
From:       Frederik Schwarzer <schwarzer () kde ! org>
Date:       2016-05-05 10:53:04
Message-ID: da9ee2127b4f5a779ffe6815b50ce065 () posteo ! de
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Am 04.05.2016 00:19 schrieb Albert Astals Cid:
> El dimarts, 3 de maig de 2016, a les 18:32:41 CEST, Frederik Schwarzer 
> va
> escriure:
>> Am 03.05.2016 10:32 schrieb Burkhard Lück:
>> > Am Montag, 2. Mai 2016, 23:37:00 CEST schrieb Frederik Schwarzer:
>> >> Am 02.05.2016 16:15 schrieb Vít Pelčák:
>> >> > I see that there has been a change Directory -> Folder in Crusader.
>> >> >
>> >> > I believe this goes against rules we have active.
>> >> >
>> >> > General approach is:
>> >> >
>> >> > Directory - when real directories are meant (command is ran in
>> >> > directory
>> >> > ...) - typically used for low level tools and file managers.
>> >> >
>> >> > Folder - meant for VFS - You can have loadsof virtual folders which do
>> >> > not
>> >> > have to be equivalent to real directory - mail folders, various
>> >> > usability
>> >> > folders ...
>> >> >
>> >> > Therefore I believe that this change goes against this rule and
>> >> > Krusader as
>> >> > file manager should use Directory, instead of Folder.
>> >> >
>> >> > What do you guys think?
>> >>
>> >> I did this change because I thought, "directories" were for directoy
>> >> services like LDAP stuff and "folders" were for usual operating system
>> >> stuff. Dolphin uses "folders" at least, that's why I changed Krusader.
>> >>
>> >> Do we have rules written down for this somewhere?
>> >
>> > http://ebn.kde.org/sanitizer/reports/extragear/utils/kdesrc-build/index.ht
>> > ml says for example:
>> >
>> > "Prefer 'folder' over 'directory'. (Only use 'directory' for CLI)"
>> 
>> Thanks for digging that up.
> 
> Will someone fix the code then please?

Not sure what to fix. The change in Krusader seems justified and the 
link Burkhard dug up was for kdesrc-build, so the CLI bit steps in 
there.

Regards,
Frederik
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