[Bf-committers] alternate naming for search

[Ton Roosendaal]

Hi,

If we do our work well, such features will be covered by the  
translation system. Hardcoded assumptions about correct maya or max  
toolnames in our code base are not a good idea.

-Ton-

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Ton Roosendaal  Blender Foundation   ton at blender.org    www.blender.org
Blender Institute   Entrepotdok 57A  1018AD Amsterdam   The Netherlands

On 2 Feb, 2010, at 10:45, Tom M wrote:

> Matt and Campbell,
>
> I'd like to propose we allow alternative naming in the search.  So
> that users can add Maya equivalent names; 3DS Max equivalent names;
> etc.
>
> So for instance a blender user would search for knife but a user from
> another package might search for Connect
>
> So if a user enable an alternative naming or keymapping set they type
> Connect in search and find
>
> Blender Name (Maya Name)
> Knife Cut (Connect)
>
> I think this would make migration a lot easier for users of other  
> packages.
>
> LetterRip
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