Re: Folder vs directory.

[Pat Costello <Patrick Costello Sun COM>]

Sasha, 

We will be putting the suggestions for folder and directory into the CVS tree on 
17 August. Maybe we can discuss the proposed definitions then. 

Pat

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> Of course, I should wait until I see the suggested definitions, but
> wouldn't having 2 words - which, AFAIK, mean the same thing - confuse
> users? 
> 
> Sasha
> 
> On Wed, Aug 08, 2001 at 10:17:52AM +0100, Pat Costello wrote:
> > Hi, 
> > 
> > There was a discussion recently about the usage of the terms folder and 
> > directory, inspired by the draft GNOME Style Guide. The Sun documentation 
team 
> > discussed this topic, and we actually believe that there is room for both 
terms. 
> > Rather than go into detail in this mail, we will include proposed entries 
and 
> > definitions for both folder and directory into the next update of the 
wordlist 
> > in the GNOME Style Guide. 
> > 
> > Pat
> > 
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