Re: Properties dialogue/pane

From: "Dave Page" <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk>
To: <pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de>
Cc: <brage(at)zoo(dot)uib(dot)no>, <pgadmin-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Properties dialogue/pane
Date: 2003-07-17 17:47:59
Message-ID: 50126.80.177.99.193.1058464079.squirrel@ssl.vale-housing.co.uk
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It's rumoured that Andreas Pflug once said:
> Brage Førland wrote:
>
>>Just som minor comments on the english messages in the properties
>>dialogue/pane:
>>
>>The columns belonging to a foreign key are named 'Child columns' in the
>>properties pane. Any reason they are not just called 'Columns'?
>>
> and the property dialog calls it "local column"....
> When working with design tools, I always wondered which column is on
> which side of the reference. I want the namings to clearly indicate
> this, so how should we name that beast?

[Local] Columns -> Referenced Columns

>>
>>The 'Create operator' dialogue has a tab with the rather awkward name
>>'Properties 2'. Wouldn't something more describing, like 'Advanced
>>properties', be better?
>>
> It's not advanced, just continuing from "Properties", but "Properties
> 2" is ugly, I admit. Maybe "Implementation"?

We settled on Properties 2 in pga2. There seemed little else that was
acurate despite it sounding crap.
>>
> The Evolution Of The English Language, as seen from germany... :-)
>
> Next commit will have even better english :-)

I only wish my German were as good...

Regards, Dave.

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