Re: filename translation implementation - how to decide

[Alexander Larsson <alexl redhat com>]

On Wed, 2004-12-15 at 22:15 +0000, Jamie McCracken wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-12-15 at 23:07 +0100, Alexander Larsson wrote:
> > On Wed, 2004-12-15 at 21:58 +0000, Jamie McCracken wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2004-12-15 at 22:25 +0100, Alexander Larsson wrote:
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > On the contrary, the API for a library is highly dependant on how the
> > > > standard works. It should be obvious to anyone that actually read my
> > > > initial mail that the two solutions have a very different API.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Yes thats true but it could still be defined to cover both. 
> > > 
> > > EG you could have:
> > > 
> > > fdo_get_desktop_dir - returns ~/Desktop with option1 else custom path 
> > > fdo_get_desktop_displayname - returns translated name if option 1 etc
> > 
> > So, for every filename, you'd call fdo_get_desktop_dir() and compare
> > with that, and if its true you'd call fdo_get_desktop_displayname(),
> > repeat for all special folders. Doesn't sound very efficient.
> 
> No. 
> 
> If you want to write to desktop you always use  fdo_get_desktop_dir (as
> you would with g_get_home_dir)
> 
> If you want to display to the user in Nautilus the desktop name you use
> fdo_get_desktop_displayname (instead of g_filename_display_basename).
> There should be no need to combine or compare the two.

And exactly how do you know if the folder you're going to display in ~/
is the desktop or not?

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