KDE Icon naming data base

I have to say that the Wiki:

ht
tp://techbase.kde.org/Projects/Oxygen/namingSpec

appears to be the triumph of form over substance.

I think that there is probably a reason that people use 2
dimensional 
database tables rather than a bunch of lists to organize
stuff like 
this.  Yes, with short lists, you can get by.  But, does
anyone realize 
how many icons we have accumulated.

I didn't even think twice about this.  This is a data base
and it is 
going to get long.  I started a data base for the Wiki, but
there isn't 
enough room and it didn't meet with the needed approval.

So, I put all of my information into a Gnumeric file which
you are 
welcome to download here:

htt
p://home.earthlink.net/~tyrerj/kde/DB.gnumeric

This isn't pretty like the Wiki pages, but I hope that the
presentation 
of the needed data, even though it is ugly, in an organized
form will 
get the job done.

Do we think that it would be a good idea to post this
somewhere on SVN 
so that everyone can work on it.

If you have issues, please post them to this thread.

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James,

> So, I put all of my information into a Gnumeric file
which you are
> welcome to download here:

Not that I have anything against Gnumeric, but OpenDocument
really
would be preferred.  Since this is a KDE mailing list, I
would imagine
that most people reading it either use KSpread or OpenOffice
( or both
) for their office work.  I assume that modern versions of
Gnumeric
support OpenDocument as well.

Regards,
Robert.

On 10/07/07, James Richard Tyrer <tyrerjacm.org> wrote:
> I have to say that the Wiki:
>
> ht
tp://techbase.kde.org/Projects/Oxygen/namingSpec
>
> appears to be the triumph of form over substance.
>
> I think that there is probably a reason that people use
2 dimensional
> database tables rather than a bunch of lists to
organize stuff like
> this.  Yes, with short lists, you can get by.  But,
does anyone realize
> how many icons we have accumulated.
>
> I didn't even think twice about this.  This is a data
base and it is
> going to get long.  I started a data base for the Wiki,
but there isn't
> enough room and it didn't meet with the needed
approval.
>
> So, I put all of my information into a Gnumeric file
which you are
> welcome to download here:
>
> htt
p://home.earthlink.net/~tyrerj/kde/DB.gnumeric
>
> This isn't pretty like the Wiki pages, but I hope that
the presentation
> of the needed data, even though it is ugly, in an
organized form will
> get the job done.
>
> Do we think that it would be a good idea to post this
somewhere on SVN
> so that everyone can work on it.
>
> If you have issues, please post them to this thread.
>
> --
> JRT
>
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Robert Knight wrote:
> James,
> 
>> So, I put all of my information into a Gnumeric
file which you are
>> welcome to download here:
> 
> Not that I have anything against Gnumeric, but
OpenDocument really
> would be preferred.  Since this is a KDE mailing list,
I would imagine
> that most people reading it either use KSpread or
OpenOffice ( or both
> ) for their office work.  I assume that modern versions
of Gnumeric
> support OpenDocument as well.

Unfortunately, Gnumeric doesn't fully support ODF files and
KSpread 
doesn't seem to import Gnumeric files.  So, I made a ODS
copy:

http://h
ome.earthlink.net/~tyrerj/kde/DB.ods

I do note as a matter of historical interest that GNUMeric
didn't start 
out as a GNOME application; it was a FSF project.  I have
been using it 
since before KSpread and (free) OpenOffice existed.  So,
since it really 
is a better program, I continue to use it.  It would be nice
to see it 
ported to KDE/Qt though.

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Robert Knight wrote:
> James,
> 
>> So, I put all of my information into a Gnumeric
file which you are
>> welcome to download here:
> 
> Not that I have anything against Gnumeric, but
OpenDocument really
> would be preferred.  Since this is a KDE mailing list,
I would imagine
> that most people reading it either use KSpread or
OpenOffice ( or both
> ) for their office work.  I assume that modern versions
of Gnumeric
> support OpenDocument as well.

Update:

The database in ODS is available at:

	trunk/playground/artwork/Icon_Rename

PDFs are at:

	http://home.earthlink.net/~tyrerj/kde/Icon_Rename_Draft
s/

I would be happy to store them on SVN as well if someone
would please 
tell me how to do it.  I RTMF and couldn't get it to work.

in SVN.

Regarding KSpread:  I have what is called 1.6.3 installed
and I have 
found that it is useless for this work.

     I have had problems inserting lines.

     When I sort, the background colors don't move with the
cells.

     It is very slow.

So, it a very nice start at making a spread sheet -- when
completed, it 
will clearly be better than OO.o's spreadsheet.  If the
version number 
was 1.0.0 Beta 6b, I would have no issues at all except that
I would not 
use it for production work.

OpenOffice Calc is OK.  If you use it, be sure to turn off:

	Tools -> AutoCorrect: Options:

	Capitalize first letter of every sentence.

Other than that, although it is a bit arcane, it does work
and I will 
probably get used to it. 

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