On Sun, 6 Mar 2005, bulia byak wrote:
Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2005 17:06:32 -0400 From: bulia byak <buliabyak@...400...> To: Bryce Harrington <bryce@...260...> Cc: Inkscape developer mailing list inkscape-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] Re: [Inkscape-user] NEW: gradient tool
On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 12:47:15 -0800, Bryce Harrington <bryce@...260...> wrote:
One comment about terminology:
o For the gradient(s) of selected object(s), you can chooseone of the gradient definitions in the document from the drop-down list in the controls bar. The Fork button creates a copy of the
From a PR perspective, 'fork' could be an uncomfortable term for people still sensitive to our split from Sodipodi, and seeing it in the toolbar may be seen by some as salt in old wounds...
I didn't make that connection but fork() is a technical term in this context, which essentially a type of copy isn't it?
Yeah, I thought about these:
Twin: a bit obscure?
Fork: maybe less obscure, but has some connotations :)
Copy: misleading because it may imply copying to the clipboard
Copy or New were the ideas I had straight away.
I understand the possible confusion with clipboard copy but for now I think Copy might be the least worst choice and less confusing than any new term we could come up.
New might be appropriate but only depending on how exactly the functionlity works (if changes were temporary, not effecting the original definition and needed to be copied to a new name so that they can be saved without obliterating the original).
Duplicate: maybe OK but rather long for a button label.
"Size is not important" :)
You have no choice but to leave space for longer text in translations. If you think Duplicate is the best name for it then you should definately use it.
(Perhaps in future it might be appropriate or Inkscape to have more standard toolbars with the option to show/hide text labels or only have the most important labels shown)
Any comments?
Looks good.
Sincerely
Alan Horkan
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