* Betr.: " [tryton-dev] Application naming within various operating
  environments" (Wed, 13 Oct 2010 09:58:45 -0400):

> I generally think that we should adopt a friendly naming scheme for the
> various application bundles.
> 
> I.e., within Windows, Mac OS, or any Linux windowing system definition, the
> client name would be capitalized.  That is, the icon would read "Tryton".  In
> the case the application must present the name within the UI, it would also
> be capitalized.

Supporting this.
If there is the possibility to display some sort of application description it
should show "Tryton Client" (like 'Generic Name' in
http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/ar01s05.html)

> And, in the case that the UI needs to present the name of the server
> (assuming there is at some point server bundles), I propose within the UI the
> server be shown as "Tryton Server".  

Ok for me.
 
> I certainly don't advocate abandoning "trytond".  Rather, within things like
> the Windows Control panel (services), or MacOS Preferences Pane, etc., I
> would adopt "Tryton Server" -- merely to achieve a level of uniformity with
> other such applications.

Also ok for me.

> However, from the unix command line, the server would remain "trytond".

For sure, and the client remains "tryton". And not only for *unix* command line.


 
> On Oct 13, 2010, at 9:17 AM, Mathias Behrle wrote:
> 
> > * Betr.: " Re: Fix Mac OS X application termination and fully integrate
> > menubar (issue1975047)" (Wed, 13 Oct 2010 09:51:01 +0200):
> > 
> >> On 12/10/10 20:13 -0400, Phillip Heller wrote:
> >>> I was reviewing this some more, and I'm curious why this is?
> >>> 
> >>> The all the images on the website use a capital "T" Tryton, as does the
> >>> image in the client login screen, and the client's "About" screen....
> >>> 
> >>> This specific change in the client application bundle simply changes the
> >>> Application name (as exposed via the Mac User Interface) to "Tryton".  It
> >>> seemed to match the rest of the branding to me...  No?
> >> 
> >> What we decided was that:
> >> 
> >> Tryton is the name of the project
> >> tryton is the name of the client
> >> trytond is the name of the server
> >> 
> >> But now we can discuss on mailing list about new definition.
> > 
> > I think the application button/title (even if it is only the client) should
> > be Tryton, describing the application suite as a whole.
> > 
> > BTW:
> > In tryton.desktop we have:
> > 
> > Type=Application
> > Name=Tryton
> > GenericName=Client for the Tryton Application Platform
> > Comment=Access Tryton server



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