On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 1:54 PM, Greg Hellings <greg.helli...@gmail.com>wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 8:47 PM, Ben Morgan <benpmor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 1:42 PM, Greg Hellings <greg.helli...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > >> > >> Since we have an abbreviation field already designated for the conf, > >> perhaps we should make it required? Or perhaps applications could > >> use, first, the Abbreviation field if present and only fall back to > >> the module name if an Abbreviation is lacking? That way the module > >> creator of GerThis or GerThat could display THIS instead of GerThis if > >> they wanted in well-behaved applications? > >> > >> Otherwise, what is the purpose of the Abbreviation field? > > > > It's probably best not to make it required (most existing modules won't > have > > it), but trying using the Abbreviation first then the Name as a > replacement > > if necessary was the use case it was specifically put in for. > > > > When this last came up was when it was decided to put the Abbreviation > field > > in the .conf files, but I don't know that > > a) it was done in any of the conf files > > b) any frontend authors added support for it > > > > If a) happens, b) is likely to follow. > > If it musters approval with the BT crowd, I'm going to start with (b) > and then see if (a) ever comes along. Sounds like Peter would > appreciate if Xiphos were to also have this - maybe he's willing to > provide appropriate German language abbreviations to the conf files to > include the Abbreviation for those modules that he said annoy him? > Whether or not you have a German localised name (which was I think discussed and could be supported with Abbreviation_de, but opens another can of worms), even "Luther 1545" is a marked improvement over "GerLut1545". Jon
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