[Zope-PTK] Vote: rename toolbox?

Chris Withers chrisw@nipltd.com
Sun, 06 Aug 2000 23:37:00 +0100


+1 (ish)

How about ActionsBox?

cheers,

Chris

Shane Hathaway wrote:
> 
> PTK gurus,
> 
> There's a name clash now between "Portal Toolkit", "tool" (those new
> tool objects we've been talking about), and "toolbox" (the list of
> actions a user can perform in a given context.)
> 
> Portal Toolkit will soon consist of a set of "tools".  This is quite
> logical and I think the name should stay.  But the "toolbox" could be
> called simply "actions".  Instead of the portal_toolbox tool, we'll
> have the portal_actions tool.  The default actions will be configurable
> just by visiting the portal_actions object in the management interface.
> 
> Reply "+1" if you agree to rename "toolbox" to "actions".  PTK will no
> longer make any mention of a "toolbox".
> Reply "-1" if you disagree.  (Keep in mind that toolbox and toolkit
> could translate to the same word in some languages--ouch!)
> 
> The problem became apparent when I created the "ToolboxTool" class:
> it's a portal tool that lists all toolbox actions, rather than the
> intuitive meaning of a tool that goes in a toolbox.  Ugh.
> 
> Shane
> 
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