From kde-usability  Mon Nov 20 20:14:42 2006
From: Leo Savernik <l.savernik () aon ! at>
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 20:14:42 +0000
To: kde-usability
Subject: Re: Localised folders in /home/user (Documents and Desktop)
Message-Id: <200611202114.43030.l.savernik () aon ! at>
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Am Montag, 20. November 2006 16:46 schrieb Aaron J. Seigo:
> On Sunday 19 November 2006 3:48, Sven Burmeister wrote:
> > When starting KDE the first time, folders such as "Desktop" as well
> > as "Documents" are created. They are always created with an English name,
> > although the rest of KDE is using the local language.
>
> what makes most sense to me personally is putting these translations in
> the .directory file which often gets read anyways by file managers and
> other file display items. we could sink this into kio_* even so apps get it
> "for free".

Not being a native English speaker, I'm all for pervasive l10n. Yet I think 
localising folders on the kio_*-level actually may violate compatibility. 
Think about a script which uses kioexec to shove data into/out of the 
"Desktop" directory. It will fail if "Desktop" is suddenly called 
"Arbeitsfläche".

OTOH, using the physical name should be allowed transparently in this case.

mfg
	Leo
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