Re: filename translation implementation - how to decide
- From: Alexander Larsson <alexl redhat com>
- To: Matthias Clasen <mclasen redhat com>
- Cc: "desktop-devel-list gnome org" <desktop-devel-list gnome org>
- Subject: Re: filename translation implementation - how to decide
- Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 17:07:59 +0100
On Wed, 2004-12-15 at 10:55 -0500, Matthias Clasen wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-12-15 at 16:21 +0100, Alexander Larsson wrote:
> > So, I presented two ways to do filename translation. No method is
> > perfect, both has disadvantages. People has picked sides, discussed and
> > flames were exchanged.
> >
> > Since the time is ticking for the glib/gtk+ API freeze we're soon gonna
> > run out of time to get this API in place at the right place (glib).
> > Therefore, to further what I think is the right decision I implemented
> > the gettext method in glib/gtk+/libgnomeui/nautilus. Patches and test
> > filesystem po file attached.
>
> Alex,
>
> I discussed your glib patch with Owen, and here are the results:
>
> - We don't think its a good idea to add this to GLib one day before
> releasing 2.6, particularly since there didn't seem to be a clear
> consensus
2.6 is released tomorrow?
> - It would be better to implement this directly in
> g_filename_get_display_name(), otherwise we will see inconsistencies
> where some people call g_filename_get_display_name() and some call
> g_translated_display_name_from_path()
> - In order to enable adding filename translation in a 2.6.x release,
> we would be willing to change the semantics of
> g_filename_get_display_name() to accept a full path and only
> return a displayable form of the basename.
Do you want a patch to do this?
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