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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Localised folders in /home/user (Documents and Desktop)
From:       "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo () kde ! org>
Date:       2006-11-20 17:32:21
Message-ID: 200611201032.29121.aseigo () kde ! org
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On Monday 20 November 2006 9:49, Sven Burmeister wrote:
> What about konsole and non KDE-apps? I think folders should have the same
> name, no matter whether they are displayed in some app or in the konsole,
> or vie smb:/.

console: `ls -l` doesn't work the same there as it does in konqueror. it's 
more user friendly and less technical. i don't think this is bad.

non-kde apps: we can't solve the problems of the world. we can provide a 
proven implementation of this in .directory files, create an fd.o spec and 
trust other projects to adopt it if it makes sense.

smb:/ would be covered just fine via the kio framework

the problem i see with creating folders with a localized name in the 
filesystem are:

 - it makes scripts (e.g. shell scripts) locale dependant. not fun.
 - it means that when you switch languages at run-time your folders don't 
change name

these are both non-issues if we were to use .directory files.

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Aaron J. Seigo
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