Re: Word-a-Day: cancel, stop

[Stefan Kost <ensonic hora-obscura de>]

Shaun McCance schrieb:
> ============================================================
> cancel
> End an operation without leaving any side effects.  Only use
> "cancel" if the operation can be ended cleanly, leaving the
> system in the same state as before the operation was started.
> Use "stop" instead if ending the operation will result in
> partial effects of the operation remaining.
> ============================================================
> stop
> End an operation leaving some side effects.  Use stop if the
> operation cannot be ended cleanly, or if ending the operation
> will leave it partially completed.  Use "cancel" instead if
> the operation can be ended cleanly with no side effects.
> ============================================================
>
> We don't currently have recommendations for these in the
> Style Guide, but this jives with the HIG's recommendation:
>
> http://library.gnome.org/devel/hig-book/stable/feedback-interrupting.html.en
>
> Suggestions on better wording are welcome.
>
> --
> Shaun

Sound good. Do you have an example where stop is used? Some long running 
activities that come to my mind are:
* download: cancel, as the partial download will be removed
* ripping a dvd: cancel, as the partial encoded file is useless and will be removed
* copying many files: stop, as its unlikely that already copied files should be 
removed (although it probably removes the current partially transmitted one).
* burning a cd: stop, as burning can't be undone

Did I got that right?

Stefan