On Fri, 2007-03-16 at 09:48 -0400, Matthias Clasen wrote: > On Fri, 2007-03-16 at 09:33 -0400, Simo Sorce wrote: > > On Fri, 2007-03-16 at 08:52 +0100, Ralf Ertzinger wrote: > > > Hi. > > > > > > On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 01:38:00 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > > > > > > > > Renaming a user's directories doesn't seem to be "The UNIX Way" TM > > > > > > > > Traditional Unix systems never had to deal with many of the modern > > > > desktop requirements so it's high time we stopped citing the "the > > > > unix way" as a excuse not to change anything. All modern Linux > > > > desktop systems happily automount devices which is distinctly not > > > > unixy either. If there are real practical reasons just cite that > > > > specifically. > > > > > > OSX gets this right, from what I remember. The applications folder is > > > always called "Applications" on disk, but the displayed name in Finder > > > (and open/save dialogs) is specific to the language settings of the > > > current user. > > > > YES, please, DO NOT rename directories in different languages! Madness > > will come out of it. > > > > [...] ACK. > > If you really want to do it, choose a fixed name and change Gnome/Kde to > > understand how to display these "special" dirs names into a localized > > way (maybe with an option to disable this thing). > > The tradeoffs of translation-on-disk vs. translation-only-in-ui have > been discussed for years. Please don't let this thread devolve into > rehashing all the arguments for the umpteenth time. Well, provided what you seem to plan, whether you like it or not: Please do, time is due to re-heat this discussion! Alternatively, if you want to avoid this discussion: Implement a 3-state user's choice (With a) being the default): a) Don't translate directories b) Translate their GUI representation only. c) Translate and move them around wheneven i18n is being changed. Ralf -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
