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From: Terry Reigel <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Re: Maximum number of letters in Tag-Type names
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 09:59:05 -0500
In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.20051130155045.013d7550@vms.huji.ac.il>


The issue of the length of Tag Type labels in TMG5/6 seems to come
down to this:

- In standard English(US) labels are limited to 20 characters.

- In all other languages, the labels can be any length, but only 30
characters display in the tag box, list of tag types, and probably
some other contexts.

I have no idea whether this will change, but I'd suggest not planning
on any changes.

Since I understand that you intend your work as a recommendation for
others to use, my recommendation is to stay with the 20 character
length that works in standard English(US) for the following reasons:

- I'd think you can probably get reasonable labels out of 20
characters.

- Seeing longer labels requires opening up the column widths on the
displays, which is a problem for users with lower resolution monitors.

- Changing to a different language is not trivial, especially if one
has already started the project with the default language and
customized any sentences or created custom tag types.

Terry Reigel




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