[PD-dev] Re: [PD] [folder_list]

james tittle tigital at mac.com
Sat Apr 1 01:43:59 CEST 2006


On Mar 31, 2006, at 5:45 PM, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
> On Mar 31, 2006, at 11:42 AM, Frank Barknecht wrote:
>> Maybe [folder_glob] would be a better name? [folder_list] may lead
>> users to expect a list - of whatever kind - as a result. (I would  
>> even
>> prefer [folder_ls] but that my be too unixish.)
>
>
> Yeah, [folder_list] is not the best name.  ls and glob are too  
> UNIXish, tho I love UNIX. Hmm..  [file/listing]?  "list" really  
> seems to be the common word here.  [file_list] might be the best  
> bet.  Folders are usually considered files, while files are not  
> considered folders ever..

...random ideas, to get away from using "list":

[folder_contents]
[directory_search]
[folder_directory]
[directory]
[folder_catalog]
[directory_index]
[folder_inventory]

james





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