On Monday 18 June 2007 19:16:33 Brian Murray wrote: > On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 02:52:14PM +0200, Sebastien Bacher wrote: > > Hi, > > > > The gutsy desktop can use xdg-user-dirs and will start depending on it > > soon, the tool description is: > > > > "xdg-user-dirs is a tool to help manage "well known" user directories > > like the desktop folder and the music folder. It also handles > > localization (i.e. translation) of the filenames. > > . > > The way it works is that xdg-user-dirs-update is run very early in the > > login phase. This program reads a configuration file, and a set of > > default directories. It then creates localized versions of these > > directories in the users home directory and sets up a config file in > > $(XDG_CONFIG_HOME)/user-dirs.dirs (XDG_CONFIG_HOME defaults to > > ~/.config) that applications can read to find these directories." > > > > > > The default set of directory is: > > > > "DESKTOP=Desktop > > DOWNLOAD=Download > > TEMPLATES=Templates > > PUBLICSHARE=Public > > DOCUMENTS=Documents > > MUSIC=Music > > PICTURES=Pictures > > VIDEOS=Videos" > > > > > > The desktop applications make use of it to know what directory to use. > > > > Does anyone has concern about the list of directory or does it look ok > > to everybody? > > Most of the directory names are pluralized but the "DOWNLOAD" directory > is not. I would prefer that it was the same as the rest and became > "Downloads". > > Thanks,
Does MUSIC become SONGS ? And what about music videos ? Perhaps MUSIC, PICTURES and VIDEOS should simply be put in MEDIA ? It would make all the translations a lot simpler. -- Hilton Gibson Ubuntu System Administrator Departement Elektriese en Elektroniese Ingenieurswese Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Universiteit Stellenbosch / Stellenbosch University Privaat Sak/Private Bag X1 Matieland 7602 Suid-Afrika/South Africa Tel: +27 21 808 4989 | Cell: 084 646 4758 E-pos/E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://staff.ee.sun.ac.za/~hgibson Maties Ubuntu: http://www.ubuntu.sun.ac.za -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
