shared-mime-info's terminology

[Waldo Bastian]

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On Wed November 19 2003 17:43, Thomas Leonard wrote:
> > > >    <mime-type type="inode/directory">
> > > > -    <_comment>Directory</_comment>
> > > > +    <_comment>directory</_comment>
> > >
> > > 
> > > Should probably be "folder".
> >
> > Right. You rock (again and again)! :)
>
> 
> The GNOME word list says:
> 
> "Folder: A representation of a directory in a graphical program. Use the
>  term folder when you document programs that use folder icons to represent
>  directories."
> 
> Looks like 'directory' would be more correct, since we're talking about
> the thing rather than its representation (KDE may be different; ROX and
> most other Unix stuff use 'directory').

Within KDE we have in general moved to the term "Folder" for the upcoming KDE 
3.2 release. The term "directory" is only used in some very specific and 
technical situations.

Please note that a directory in the context of filesystems is not a "thing", 
it's an abstract idea, a concept. 

Cheers,
Waldo
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