[pmwiki-users] Re: Supporting different modes in default pmwiki

Patrick R. Michaud pmichaud at pobox.com
Mon Aug 8 12:47:10 CDT 2005


On Mon, Aug 08, 2005 at 01:26:09PM -0400, Bronwyn Boltwood wrote:
> On 8/8/05, Radu <radu at monicsoft.net> wrote:
> > I have a problem with the name, though. 'Mode' is extremely
> > overloaded semantically - and what we need matches none of the
> > meanings listed at:
> > http://webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=mode
> > ... except maybe 4a.
> > 
> > How about 'view', which is what we use when working with data sets,
> > or just 'layout'?
> 
> View is a good term.

Even though I haven't fully digested the implications of modes,
perhaps "role" is another possibility.

Pm




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