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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 20:33:07
Message-ID: 200611201333.09187.aseigo () kde ! org
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On Monday 20 November 2006 13:14, Leo Savernik wrote:
> 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".

humm.... i suppose it depends on whether we want translation of URLs or 
only "visible" names. translation of URLs is probably only really feasible by 
actually changing the name of ~/Desktop in the filesystem.

making it appear as Arbeitsflache (or whatever) in icon names, etc is easier 
by using things like bookmarks, .directory files, etc.

i also remember another proposal for this behaviour from some time ago:

make the actual "deskop", and other, folders hidden and create localized 
symlinks. this has its own problems, but is another approach.

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Aaron J. Seigo
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