On Sunday 12 June 2005 23:14, Bob Jamison wrote:
Colin Marquardt wrote:
Hi,
the layer name "(root)" is not translatable until now - I filed the following patch for it:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1219305&gro... =93438&atid=604308
As it says there, should we maybe change the "(root)" to "(Background)"? Gimp 2.2 uses this word, so unless calling this the "root" is vector graphics parlance, I think we should switch.
This also comes from my inability to find a nice translation for "root" that doesn't look strange in that context. :)
Cheers, Colin
I think that Background is a good word, but I also think that the SVG term "root" is important to emphasize to the user that this is SVG, not a general-purpose drawing program.
Does the general user care in the end (and does the expert SVG editor care so much to care that its called something other than root)? More users will be comfortable with the term background. Root could be shown in the XML editor for those that will use it.
Craig