From: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Date: Sat, 03 May 2008 07:53:25 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gitk: Update German translation
Message-ID: <18460.6645.918108.615194@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com>
In-Reply-To: <200805022033.01407.stimming@tuhh.de>

Christian Stimming writes:

> > Well, the commits aren't in date order, strictly speaking, and the
> > last commit isn't necessarily the oldest (though the first commit will
> > in fact be the newest).  How about:
> >
> > <Home>	Move to head of list
> > <End>	Move to tail of list
> >
> > Would that be any clearer?
> 
> I think "head of list" and "tail of list" are more the terms about the 
> implementation detail and not so much an explanation that is easily 
> understood for the user. I think some combination using the word "top" should 
> rather be used to make it really clear we're talking about the upper end of 
> the window.

The list isn't just a detail, it's what the user sees in the top pane:
the commits, listed in some order.

How about "top of list" and "bottom of list"?  Or "start of list" and
"end of list"?

Paul.