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Bug 153995 - Gedit vs. Text Editor, revisited.
Gedit vs. Text Editor, revisited.
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: gedit
Classification: Applications
Component: general
2.8.x
Other All
: Normal minor
: ---
Assigned To: Gedit maintainers
gedit QA volunteers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2004-09-28 20:12 UTC by Erika Ahlswede
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.7/2.8


Description Erika Ahlswede 2004-09-28 20:12:51 UTC 
Two years ago, relabelling gedit as "Text Editor" within its UI was discussed,
and decided against, in this bug: http://bugs.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=87265 

However, given the general trend of GNOME over this time, I'd like to propose
that this decision be reconsidered.
Comment 1 Paolo Maggi 2004-09-29 10:09:54 UTC 
Why should I reconsider it?

As I said two years ago... 
I think this bug should be closed as FIXITINYOUROWNCOPYIFYOUREALLYWANT.

Other opinions?
Comment 2 Paolo Borelli 2004-09-29 10:24:34 UTC 
agreed, also because

- having the functional text name in the menu makes sense because the user is
looking for something to edit file, i.e. a text editor, but once the application
is up and running the user can clearly see that he is using a text editor and I
see nothing bad in telling him that he is using the *gedit* text editor

- I do not see any trend over time: afaics epipnay, evolution, file-roller etc
all use their name in the title bar

PS: there was no need to open a new bug, if you really thought this decision
should be reconsidered you could have added a comment or reopen the old bug
Comment 3 Erika Ahlswede 2004-09-29 18:07:09 UTC 
I'm sorry, but there was no option to change the status of the old bug. (the
only action that wasn't disabled was to add a CC)