[LDAP Studio] What do you think about using folder without space?

[Alex Karasulu <ak...@apache.org>]

Hi guys,

I just installed LDAP Studio .7 on another machine (UNIX) and realized that
I don't like the extra space in the folder for 'LDAP Studio'.   Does any
other UNIX bigot share this same peeve with me?

Is it OK with LS team to use ldapstudio instead.  I'd rather be more UNIX
friendly than MAC or M$ friendly but this is just my old bigotted self.  If
there is an issue with doing this I'll survive :).

Alex

Re: [LDAP Studio] What do you think about using folder without space?

[Chris Custine <ch...@gmail.com>]

I totally agree with these points.  When I was weighing in with my opinion
earlier I was only talking about the folders and executable on *nix
platforms.  I have seen many projects using mixed case and spaces in folders
in Windows and Mac.  Not sure about  spaces in executables on Windows
though, I don't ever recall seeing too much of that.  Obviously I think the
project name should stay as is  ;-)

Chris

On 4/20/07, Pierre-Arnaud Marcelot <pa...@marcelot.net> wrote:
>
>
> On 4/20/07, Emmanuel Lecharny <el...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > The point is that having two different names on different platforms
> > (ldapstudio and LdapStudio ) is a burden when you have to write clear
> > documentation : you will have to give direction for users. I must say that I
> > *hate* fovo where you have little pictures in the margin warning you about
> > 'this is for linux only' or 'windows only'...
> >
>
> We already have three different names for the name of the executable
> actually.
> "LDAP Studio.app" on Mac OS X, "LDAP Studio.exe" and "LDAP Studio" on
> Linux and the documentation has already three parts, one for each
> architecture explaining how to launch LDAP Studio.
>
> For me there are two different things:
> - the name of the project (product)
> - the name of the generated executable.
>
> IMO, the name of the project should stay as is LDAP Studio (ldapstudio is
> not very sexy as project name).
>
> I also think  the name of the executable should be switched to
> 'ldapstudio' on Linux to avoid problems.
> But I really don't like the idea of naming LDAP Studio as "ldapstudio" on
> Mac and Windows (This is not the way applications are named on those
> platforms).
>
> P-A
>

Re: [LDAP Studio] What do you think about using folder without space?

[Stefan Seelmann <se...@apache.org>]

100% ACK.

Pierre-Arnaud Marcelot wrote:

>
> On 4/20/07, *Emmanuel Lecharny* <elecharny@gmail.com 
> <ma...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>
>     The point is that having two different names on different
>     platforms (ldapstudio and LdapStudio ) is a burden when you have
>     to write clear documentation : you will have to give direction for
>     users. I must say that I *hate* fovo where you have little
>     pictures in the margin warning you about 'this is for linux only'
>     or 'windows only'...
>
>
> We already have three different names for the name of the executable 
> actually.
> "LDAP Studio.app" on Mac OS X, "LDAP Studio.exe" and "LDAP Studio" on 
> Linux and the documentation has already three parts, one for each 
> architecture explaining how to launch LDAP Studio.
>
> For me there are two different things:
> - the name of the project (product)
> - the name of the generated executable.
>
> IMO, the name of the project should stay as is LDAP Studio (ldapstudio 
> is not very sexy as project name).
>
> I also think  the name of the executable should be switched to 
> 'ldapstudio' on Linux to avoid problems.
> But I really don't like the idea of naming LDAP Studio as "ldapstudio" 
> on Mac and Windows (This is not the way applications are named on 
> those platforms).
>
> P-A

Re: [LDAP Studio] What do you think about using folder without space?

[Pierre-Arnaud Marcelot <pa...@marcelot.net>]

On 4/20/07, Emmanuel Lecharny <el...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> The point is that having two different names on different platforms
> (ldapstudio and LdapStudio ) is a burden when you have to write clear
> documentation : you will have to give direction for users. I must say that I
> *hate* fovo where you have little pictures in the margin warning you about
> 'this is for linux only' or 'windows only'...
>

We already have three different names for the name of the executable
actually.
"LDAP Studio.app" on Mac OS X, "LDAP Studio.exe" and "LDAP Studio" on Linux
and the documentation has already three parts, one for each architecture
explaining how to launch LDAP Studio.

For me there are two different things:
- the name of the project (product)
- the name of the generated executable.

IMO, the name of the project should stay as is LDAP Studio (ldapstudio is
not very sexy as project name).

I also think  the name of the executable should be switched to 'ldapstudio'
on Linux to avoid problems.
But I really don't like the idea of naming LDAP Studio as "ldapstudio" on
Mac and Windows (This is not the way applications are named on those
platforms).

P-A

Re: [LDAP Studio] What do you think about using folder without space?

[Emmanuel Lecharny <el...@gmail.com>]

On 4/20/07, Pierre-Arnaud Marcelot <pa...@marcelot.net> wrote:
>
> <snip/>
>


> So, I am :
> +1 for 'ldapstudio' on Linux packages (i386 & PPC)
> -1 for 'ldapstudio' on other platforms packages (even Windows, because I
> don't think this is a real issue on this OS).


The point is that having two different names on different platforms
(ldapstudio and LdapStudio ) is a burden when you have to write clear
documentation : you will have to give direction for users. I must say that I
*hate* fovo where you have little pictures in the margin warning you about
'this is for linux only' or 'windows only'...

We should think global, IMHO. And the name on W$ or MacOsx should not be a
big deal, as you are using icons anyway.


-- 
Regards,
Cordialement,
Emmanuel Lécharny
www.iktek.com

Re: [LDAP Studio] What do you think about using folder without space?

[Alex Karasulu <ak...@apache.org>]

Make sense to fix the problem only on platforms where it matters.

Alex

On 4/20/07, Pierre-Arnaud Marcelot <pa...@marcelot.net> wrote:
>
> I'm not really a big fan of a lowercased name with no space.
> Although, I have also experienced the problem on Ubuntu at the office. I
> had to remove the space on the name of the folder and the executable.
>
> So, I agree with you guys, the generic name of the product should stay
> LDAP Studio (with this case and the space) but I think that in the *Linux*
> distribution packages (i386 and PPC) the name of the folder should be
> replaced by ldapstudio and the so does the name of the executable.
>
> So, I am :
> +1 for 'ldapstudio' on Linux packages (i386 & PPC)
> -1 for 'ldapstudio' on other platforms packages (even Windows, because I
> don't think this is a real issue on this OS).
>
> P-A
>
>
>
> On 4/19/07, Chris Custine <ch...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I am also running under Linux and while the current setup works just
> > fine, I agree that it would be a great idea to lose the space and go to all
> > lower case on Linux just to be safe and match best practices.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >
> > On 4/19/07, Emmanuel Lecharny <elecharny@gmail.com > wrote:
> > >
> > > ldapstudio is ok for me. Even under w$, this is painfull to have a
> > > space. I never compnained about the space, because now Linux is adding the
> > > '\ ' for me, but I agree with alex that ldapstudio is better
> > >
> > > so +1 for ldapstudio
> > >
> > > On 4/19/07, Alex Karasulu < akarasulu@apache.org> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi guys,
> > > >
> > > > I just installed LDAP Studio .7 on another machine (UNIX) and
> > > > realized that I don't like the extra space in the folder for 'LDAP
> > > > Studio'.   Does any other UNIX bigot share this same peeve with me?
> > > >
> > > > Is it OK with LS team to use ldapstudio instead.  I'd rather be more
> > > > UNIX friendly than MAC or M$ friendly but this is just my old bigotted
> > > > self.  If there is an issue with doing this I'll survive :).
> > > >
> > > > Alex
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Regards,
> > > Cordialement,
> > > Emmanuel Lécharny
> > > www.iktek.com
> >
> >
> >
>

Re: [LDAP Studio] What do you think about using folder without space?

[Pierre-Arnaud Marcelot <pa...@marcelot.net>]

I'm not really a big fan of a lowercased name with no space.
Although, I have also experienced the problem on Ubuntu at the office. I had
to remove the space on the name of the folder and the executable.

So, I agree with you guys, the generic name of the product should stay LDAP
Studio (with this case and the space) but I think that in the *Linux*
distribution packages (i386 and PPC) the name of the folder should be
replaced by ldapstudio and the so does the name of the executable.

So, I am :
+1 for 'ldapstudio' on Linux packages (i386 & PPC)
-1 for 'ldapstudio' on other platforms packages (even Windows, because I
don't think this is a real issue on this OS).

P-A



On 4/19/07, Chris Custine <ch...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I am also running under Linux and while the current setup works just fine,
> I agree that it would be a great idea to lose the space and go to all lower
> case on Linux just to be safe and match best practices.
>
> Chris
>
>
> On 4/19/07, Emmanuel Lecharny <el...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > ldapstudio is ok for me. Even under w$, this is painfull to have a
> > space. I never compnained about the space, because now Linux is adding the
> > '\ ' for me, but I agree with alex that ldapstudio is better
> >
> > so +1 for ldapstudio
> >
> > On 4/19/07, Alex Karasulu < akarasulu@apache.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi guys,
> > >
> > > I just installed LDAP Studio .7 on another machine (UNIX) and realized
> > > that I don't like the extra space in the folder for 'LDAP Studio'.   Does
> > > any other UNIX bigot share this same peeve with me?
> > >
> > > Is it OK with LS team to use ldapstudio instead.  I'd rather be more
> > > UNIX friendly than MAC or M$ friendly but this is just my old bigotted
> > > self.  If there is an issue with doing this I'll survive :).
> > >
> > > Alex
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Cordialement,
> > Emmanuel Lécharny
> > www.iktek.com
>
>
>

Re: [LDAP Studio] What do you think about using folder without space?

[Chris Custine <ch...@gmail.com>]

I am also running under Linux and while the current setup works just fine, I
agree that it would be a great idea to lose the space and go to all lower
case on Linux just to be safe and match best practices.

Chris


On 4/19/07, Emmanuel Lecharny <el...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> ldapstudio is ok for me. Even under w$, this is painfull to have a space.
> I never compnained about the space, because now Linux is adding the '\ ' for
> me, but I agree with alex that ldapstudio is better
>
> so +1 for ldapstudio
>
> On 4/19/07, Alex Karasulu <ak...@apache.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > I just installed LDAP Studio .7 on another machine (UNIX) and realized
> > that I don't like the extra space in the folder for 'LDAP Studio'.   Does
> > any other UNIX bigot share this same peeve with me?
> >
> > Is it OK with LS team to use ldapstudio instead.  I'd rather be more
> > UNIX friendly than MAC or M$ friendly but this is just my old bigotted
> > self.  If there is an issue with doing this I'll survive :).
> >
> > Alex
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Cordialement,
> Emmanuel Lécharny
> www.iktek.com

Re: [LDAP Studio] What do you think about using folder without space?

[Emmanuel Lecharny <el...@gmail.com>]

ldapstudio is ok for me. Even under w$, this is painfull to have a space. I
never compnained about the space, because now Linux is adding the '\ ' for
me, but I agree with alex that ldapstudio is better

so +1 for ldapstudio

On 4/19/07, Alex Karasulu <ak...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> Hi guys,
>
> I just installed LDAP Studio .7 on another machine (UNIX) and realized
> that I don't like the extra space in the folder for 'LDAP Studio'.   Does
> any other UNIX bigot share this same peeve with me?
>
> Is it OK with LS team to use ldapstudio instead.  I'd rather be more UNIX
> friendly than MAC or M$ friendly but this is just my old bigotted self.  If
> there is an issue with doing this I'll survive :).
>
> Alex
>



-- 
Regards,
Cordialement,
Emmanuel Lécharny
www.iktek.com