Re: Translations of folder names - two proposals

[Nielsen <nielsen memberwebs com>]

Jeff Waugh wrote:
> <quote who="Jamie McCracken">
>
> > IMHO, the symlinks approach is the lesser of two evils and provides "just
> > works" and more flexibility out of the box (it solves the location problem
> > too).
> >
> > Deleting a symlink via nautilus could be handled such that it asks whether
> > to empty the linked  hidden folder as well.
>
>
> That's two moving parts against one part (essentially not 'moving').

But it's not necessary. The symlink is the hidden one (ie: in 
~/.folders/desktop or whatever). The folder is the real thing. When the 
user deletes the folder, the data contained in it is deleted. The 
symlink is a cross toolkit, simple (and IMO opinion very appropriate) 
way to lookup where the folder is.

If you want to cleanup the symlinks, when a folder is deleted, that can 
be done too, but it doesn't even have to be right then. It can be upon 
next login or whatever.

My vote goes for the symlink method.

Cheers,
Nate