'Restoring' items in the xfwm4 application menu
Olivier Fourdan
fourdan at gmail.com
Tue Oct 14 22:42:43 CEST 2008
On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 9:38 PM, Olivier Fourdan <fourdan at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 9:21 PM, Alexander Toresson
> <alexander.toresson at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I've noticed that the text of the menu item that for example restores
>> a window to an unmaximized state has the string "(Un)Maximize" in
>> current trunk, while when a window is unmaximized the same menu item
>> reads "Maximize". What is the reason to this?
>
> Maximize or unmaximize depends on the current status. "Unmaximize"
> does not exist in the dictionary, so I opted for (Un)maximize.
>
>> Specifically, translation would be much more straightforward if for
>> example "(Un)Maximize" can always be assumed to mean "Unmaximize".
>
> It's the case, unless I misunderstood your question.
There is also the case of partial maximization, either horizontally or
vertically. in that case, the entry will maximize the window entirely
even if the menu entry reads "(Un)maximize"
Cheers
Olivier
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