Re: GEP 7 - icons and thumbnails - gnome_icon_loader

On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 03:33:37PM +0100, Michael Meeks wrote:
> 
> 	I'm really unclear about this; having spent a fair while optimising the
> gnome-vfs mime parser; it seems a lot of time is spent parsing i18n
> stuff which is all jammed into 1 file.
 
> 	Clearly - if we're aiming for global i18n coverage, we're looking at
> upwards of 250 lines per DisplayName ;-) unlikely, but ...
> gnome-vfs.keys has ~30 or so translations per key. It just seems a
> non-ideal way for packaging, distribution and scalability to specify
> things like this - especially when there is no pressing need for i18n
> here I think.

This is a good point.  Although I do see a need for i18n, it would
be wiser to split the logic and the display content into distinct
elements.