Re: Translations of folder names - two proposals



Jeff Waugh wrote:
<quote who="Jamie McCracken">

IMHO, the symlinks approach is the lesser of two evils and provides "just
works" and more flexibility out of the box (it solves the location problem
too).

Deleting a symlink via nautilus could be handled such that it asks whether
to empty the linked  hidden folder as well.


That's two moving parts against one part (essentially not 'moving').

But it's not necessary. The symlink is the hidden one (ie: in ~/.folders/desktop or whatever). The folder is the real thing. When the user deletes the folder, the data contained in it is deleted. The symlink is a cross toolkit, simple (and IMO opinion very appropriate) way to lookup where the folder is.

If you want to cleanup the symlinks, when a folder is deleted, that can be done too, but it doesn't even have to be right then. It can be upon next login or whatever.

My vote goes for the symlink method.

Cheers,
Nate




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