If Directory names are localized in the GUI do it really matter what they are called in the filesystem? I mean the whole Unix file hierarchy is essentially English as it is.
Christian On Wed, 2007-02-14 at 11:14 -0500, Martin Meyer wrote: > Here a (possibly bad) idea for setting up the default locations for > photos and music: > > Use a gconf key to specify the current locations of the Photos and > Music places. The default directories could be localized versions of > ~/Music and ~/Photos (my preference), and there could be a control > panel applet to chage this. Seems like it might fit into Preferred > Applications somehow. Also, when you change the locale of Gnome, offer > to rename those directories to the new localized name. > > Pros: > * Windows uses a registry key to point to where My Document is > already, so it's not an unheardof technique. > * If the default locale of the system isn't english on the first > statup of gnome then there would be a localized directory name by > default. > * Directory names could change with locale > > Cons/questions: > * Code in multiple places to make sure directory names are migrated > when locale is changed. > * Can gconf key values default to some localizable string? > * Can places/bookmarks point to a value stored in a gconf key? > > Martin > > On 2/14/07, Alan Horkan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Wed, 14 Feb 2007, Ross Burton wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 2007-02-14 at 16:26 +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > > > > I was also surprised why them people on this thread were so concerned > > > > by Music and whatever folders they want to store the media in when you > > > > can just index the whole thing, and thanks for mentioning that > > > > fabulous Tracker of things. I wouldn't have explained better why an > > > > indexer would be so much better than yet-more-standards where to put > > > > media in (and I think that Sound Juicer patch should be thrown far > > > > away). > > > > > This isn't a discussion about indexing. Indexing is great, we all know > > > that. This is a discussion about how to get hold of pre-defined > > > locations (like where the user wants their photos, their music, their > > > documents). > > > > Nicely put. > > > > > > I always found the Microsoft way of naming things ridiculous (My > > > > Documents, Program Files), and I surely won't name my music directory > > > > the ugly Music, rather 'music' or 'sounds' or whatever else but Music. > > > > > > $ ls -d */ > > > Archives/ Documents/ Maildir/ Pictures/ public_html/ Templates/ > > > bin/ Local/ Mess/ Programming/ Music/ WebSites/ > > > > > > I must be ridiculous. > > > > > > You are marking youself as a hard-core terminal geek by saying that > > > "music" is beautiful but "Music" is ugly. Most "normal" (read: > > > non-geeks) people capitalise these directories. I'm a geek but I like > > > them to be uppercase as they are proper nouns, effectively. > > > > I thought real geeks could all touch-type at ludicrous speeds and were > > unafraid of capital letters? Dont "real geeks" use directory names > > starting with capitals and file names starting with lowercase? (or some > > other highly elaborate naming scheme. I'll stop before this turns in to a > > Four Yorkshiremen parody) > > ;P > > > > -- > > Alan > > _______________________________________________ > > desktop-devel-list mailing list > > desktop-devel-list@gnome.org > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list > > > _______________________________________________ > desktop-devel-list mailing list > desktop-devel-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list