Re: some sheets.in.h inconsistencies

[Alan Horkan <horkana maths tcd ie>]

On Mon, 28 Apr 2003, Lars Clausen wrote:

> > created. But those names are very inconsistent. For example:
> >
> > "Left arrow"
> > "A microphone"
> > "Create a flow"
> >
> > instead of "Left arrow", "Microphone", "Flow".

> > All these strings are located in the *.sheet.in.h files. Would it be a
> > good idea to remove the "Create ", "Create an ", and "An " from the
> > strings in these files?
> >
> > I could manage to do this myself, and send a patch to this list. (if i
> > find the time of course.) Would that be appreciated?
>
> I vaguely remember seeing such a discussion on the list before, but I don't
> remember what style we ended up agreeing on.  It'd certainly be good to
> use one style consistently.  Alan, you have any input?

I'll try and dig up something from the archives (i dont think i filed
anything in bugzilla).   Either way a consistant policy is desirable.

Off the top of my head I think the text in the Tooltips is based on what
is contained in the description tag, and as such should be verbose,
instructive and descriptive (say ten words or less).
The name however should be terse and to the point.  At some point we might
want to be able to show the buttons with text labels (or as small
icons or just text or other views, like Visio does only better) which
would be the right place touse the name tag.

Sincerely

Alan Horkan
http://advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/