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List:       kde-kimageshop
Subject:    Re: Proposing to reword "mirror" to "flip" except when referring to the mirror tool
From:       Tyson Tan <tysontanx () gmail ! com>
Date:       2023-11-03 0:21:55
Message-ID: CA+iO68qw6ECjdwRjUVAJoqG6z+CojL1SamO9MdAjp5E2PwBERw () mail ! gmail ! com
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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 PM Halla Rempt <halla@valdyas.org> wrote:

> 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 hotkey
> > "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
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
>

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<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">I agree that we should change this to &quot;Flip&quot;, \
in Simplified Chinese translation we have been using &quot;Flip&quot; for every app I \
know since ever. <br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" \
class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Nov 2, 2023 at 9:33 PM Halla Rempt &lt;<a \
href="mailto:halla@valdyas.org">halla@valdyas.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid \
rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I&#39;m not against, though in my mind, flip means \
flipping a page from front to back, not mirroring it :-)<br> <br>
Halla<br>
<br>
On donderdag 2 november 2023 14:17:07 CET Alvin Wong wrote:<br>
&gt; Hi all,<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Currently we refer to the actions for flipping layers / objects / the <br>
&gt; image / the view as &quot;mirror&quot;. This can be confusing considering we \
also <br> &gt; have the mirror tools which actually mirror brush strokes like a \
mirror.<br> &gt; <br>
&gt; I propose we reword these actions to use the word &quot;flip&quot; to remove \
this <br> &gt; ambiguity. I did some quick searches and it seems many graphics <br>
&gt; applications (including GIMP, PS, CSP, Inkscape, Paint .NET) also use <br>
&gt; &quot;flip&quot; to describe these actions, so this also appears to be the more \
<br> &gt; common terminology.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; There is a catch though, the &quot;Mirror View&quot; action has the default \
hotkey <br> &gt; &quot;M&quot;, if we rename it to &quot;Flip View&quot; then this \
hotkey becomes detached <br> &gt; from the name of the action (although this is \
already the case in some <br> &gt; languages). I am not sure how acceptable this \
is.<br> &gt; <br>
&gt; What do you think about this?<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Cheers,<br>
&gt; Alvin<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; <br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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