On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 05:22 am, Nick Shaforostoff wrote: > Can smb explain what means 'boiler plate' (and 'more boiler plate') here: > http://docs.kde.org/en/HEAD/kdebase/userguide/customizing-kde.html#boilerpl >ate I probably would have written it as "boilerplate", but the intent is the same: It is just some standardised text that must always appear - the user shouldn't worry about what it means. The expression is common in big organisations (companies / governments). A legal disclaimer is an example of "boilerplate" text. In English (at least as I use it), the word has connotations of "stuff that no-one reads anyway".
That usage isn't exactly correct in this context though - the first line is actually checked by the program to make sure it is there, so that it doesn't try to interpret some meaning into a random file that just happens to have the right extension. It is called a "group header" - see http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/ar01s02.html The "more boiler plate" is also important - Type= shows what type of .desktop entry this part of the file relates to. See http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/ar01s04.html for the list of supported types. A couple of suggestions - try explaining that to your user, or just put in something like "don't worry about what this means, just make sure you put it in" > and btw it seems that footnotes 3 and 4 are shifted ( > 3 should be at SwallowExec= and > 4 should be at Name=Ksirc > ) Indeed. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde-doc-english/attachments/20050419/9efe5a47/attachment.sig
