Re: [Audacity-quality] Control Toolbar renaming

[Vaughan J. <va...@au...>]

Okay, thanks for clarifying. - V

On 11/15/2010 5:48 AM, Gale Andrews wrote:
> 
> | From Vaughan Johnson <va...@au...> 
> | Sun, 14 Nov 2010 14:11:47 -0800
> | Subject: [Audacity-quality] Control Toolbar renaming
>> On 11/12/2010 6:53 PM, Gale Andrews wrote:
>>>
>>> | From Richard Ash <ri...@au...> 
>>> | Fri, 12 Nov 2010 22:53:36 +0000
>>> | Subject: [Audacity-quality] Control Toolbar renaming
>>>> On Fri, 2010-11-12 at 14:47 -0800, Vaughan Johnson wrote:
>>>>> I generally oppose changing longstanding names, but I agree "Control" is
>>>>> too generic and "Transport" much more descriptive and accurate.
>>>>>
>>>>> +1.
>>>> +1
>>>>
>>>> ... does this mean> "Ergonomic order of audio I/O buttons" (interface tab
>>>> of preferences) needs to change to "Ergonomic order of Transport Toolbar
>>>> buttons" Would probably make a lot more sense, and could at least be
>>>> searched for in the manual, unlike at present ...
>>
>> +1.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> + 1 (though I think "changing longstanding names" is behind some of the
>>> erstwhile reluctance to change "Track Panel" in the Manual). Anyway,
>>> as well as matching the Transport Menu, if the new name for "Track Panel"
>>> ends up including "Control(s)" then there is no longer any confusion with 
>>> the "Control Toolbar". 
>>
>> But I thought you said you changed it to "Track Panel", without
>> discussion I believe, from the the prior, longstanding "Track Control
>> Panel", when you started on the new manual.
> 
> No. Part of the discussions circled around the belief that a developer 
> started using "Track Panel" for "TrackInfo" as per (part of) the 1.2 
> Manual, going against another part of the 1.2 Manual that called it
> "track Control Panel"!
> 
> Whoever started "Track Panel" in the 1.3 Manual, I don't think it was 
> me. I may well have "corrected" a few instances of some other term 
> to "Track Panel", but only when "Track Panel" seemed to have got
> into general use. 
> 
> I certainly wasn't fully aware until earlier this year what the devels
> meant by "TrackPanel" (except it wasn't "Track Panel") but it still 
> didn't worry me because other devels had been working on the 
> Manual and (I supposed) accepted the use of "Track Panel" (with 
> the space). 
> 
> Anyway, only historical perspective now. 
> 
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> 
> Gale 
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