From kde-usability  Sun May 18 17:06:02 2003
From: Waldo Bastian <bastian () kde ! org>
Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 17:06:02 +0000
To: kde-usability
Subject: Re: [Patch] #29984 Change file permission using octal numbers
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On Sunday 18 May 2003 18:43, Tim Jansen wrote:
> > and since we are getting rid of jargon, i wonder if there is a sensible
> > alternative to "Is Executable"? i can't think of one that is concise and
> > useful, but thought i'd raise the topic anyways =)
>
> That was my problem :)
> My best idea was "Is Program", not sure whether this is helpful though... 

I think by replacing a term like "Executable" with something else you run the 
risk that people who actually have UNIX knowledge no longer understand what 
the option is for or what it does.

Apart from that, I think you want to describe "the ability/permission to 
execute the file as a program". "Is Program" describes "whether the file is a 
program". Something that "Is a Program" can be made "Executable" or not, but 
if a file isn't a program, there isn't any simple action that I can take to 
turn it into a program. (It usually involves a compiler :-) 

> I 
> think that it is needed in the simple dialog though, since it is frequently
> required when downloading installation scripts. Unless, maybe, someone
> tells me an easy way to find out whether a KFileItem is an executable
> (either ELF binary or #! script). Then it could be hidden for all others.

If/when our mimetypes support Is-Also we can mark the corresponding mimetypes 
as being "also application/x-executable" or something like that.

Cheers,
Waldo
- -- 
SCO appears to have the same grasp of reality as the former 
Iraqi information minister (Matt Loney, ZDNet)
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