From kde-kimageshop Fri Nov 03 00:21:55 2023 From: Tyson Tan Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2023 00:21:55 +0000 To: kde-kimageshop Subject: Re: Proposing to reword "mirror" to "flip" except when referring to the mirror tool Message-Id: X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-kimageshop&m=169897073814224 MIME-Version: 1 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="--0000000000008fd4680609347e7c" --0000000000008fd4680609347e7c Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I agree that we should change this to "Flip", in Simplified Chinese translation we have been using "Flip" for every app I know since ever. On Thu, Nov 2, 2023 at 9:33=E2=80=AFPM Halla Rempt wrot= e: > I'm not against, though in my mind, flip means flipping a page from front > to back, not mirroring it :-) > > Halla > > On donderdag 2 november 2023 14:17:07 CET Alvin Wong wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Currently we refer to the actions for flipping layers / objects / the > > image / the view as "mirror". This can be confusing considering we also > > have the mirror tools which actually mirror brush strokes like a mirror= . > > > > I propose we reword these actions to use the word "flip" to remove this > > ambiguity. I did some quick searches and it seems many graphics > > applications (including GIMP, PS, CSP, Inkscape, Paint .NET) also use > > "flip" to describe these actions, so this also appears to be the more > > common terminology. > > > > There is a catch though, the "Mirror View" action has the default hotke= y > > "M", if we rename it to "Flip View" then this hotkey becomes detached > > from the name of the action (although this is already the case in some > > languages). I am not sure how acceptable this is. > > > > What do you think about this? > > > > Cheers, > > Alvin > > > > > > > > > --0000000000008fd4680609347e7c Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I agree that we should change this to &qu= ot;Flip", in Simplified Chinese translation we have been using "F= lip" for every app I know since ever.

On Thu, Nov 2, 2023 at 9:33= =E2=80=AFPM Halla Rempt <halla@vald= yas.org> wrote:
I'm not against, though in my mind, flip means flipping a page f= rom front to back, not mirroring it :-)

Halla

On donderdag 2 november 2023 14:17:07 CET Alvin Wong wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Currently we refer to the actions for flipping layers / objects / the =
> image / the view as "mirror". This can be confusing consider= ing we also
> have the mirror tools which actually mirror brush strokes like a mirro= r.
>
> I propose we reword these actions to use the word "flip" to = remove this
> ambiguity. I did some quick searches and it seems many graphics
> applications (including GIMP, PS, CSP, Inkscape, Paint .NET) also use =
> "flip" to describe these actions, so this also appears to be= the more
> common terminology.
>
> There is a catch though, the "Mirror View" action has the de= fault hotkey
> "M", if we rename it to "Flip View" then this hotk= ey becomes detached
> from the name of the action (although this is already the case in some=
> languages). I am not sure how acceptable this is.
>
> What do you think about this?
>
> Cheers,
> Alvin
>
>




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