[Geany-Devel] Workbench translation and the use of Directory vs Folder

[Lars Paulsen]

Hi Colomban,

yeah, that names are ambiguous.

Items labeled "Directory" are the root or base directories or external 
directories that the user can add. Then these directories are scanned 
for sub-directories and files which are displayed in the workbench 
project's tree view. So, the base/root/main directory which was 
specified by the user is called "Directory". Sub-directories that were 
found by scanning them are called "Folder".

Maybe we could name them "External Directory" and "Directory" instead of 
"Directory" and "Folder". But I am open to any suggestions.

One remark: the workbench plugin imports the "Base path" from geany's 
project properties. This path is always labeled "Base dir".

Best Regards,
Lars

On 18.11.2017 04:56, Colomban Wendling wrote:
> Hey Lars, and other translators,
> 
> I'm trying to translate the Workbench plugin in French, and beside the
> trickiness of translating (or not) "Workbench" itself, I'm highly
> puzzled by the use of both "Directory" vs. "Folder" in very similar
> manner yet with apparently distinct meanings.
> 
> For example, there is "Open all files in directory", but also "Open all
> files in folder".  I'm not a native English speaker, but I do find this
> very obscure: for what I know, "folder" and "directory" are mostly
> interchangeable terms in the common computer world, and it's certainly
> not clear what is the difference between those for me in that context.
> 
> So I think there should be a better wording in English so that the user
> could understand what each of those do, and how they are different.
> Also, I'm afraid the use of those will be inconsistent with other part
> of the software (Geany, GTK, and likely other plugins), not helping
> being clear.
> And for now I cannot translate those properly, because I still have no
> idea what the difference is, and although in French I could translate
> "directory" to "répertoire" and "folder" to "dossier", it would have the
> exact same problem here: they are basically equivalent in this context.
> 
> So Lars, could you explain the difference between those?
> And to the other translators, what did you do with this?
> 
> Regards,
> Colomban
>