[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] BHS Interceptor:
Spanish for Artemists

Hi, it´s not about the Profile Name itself, it´s about the "name of the folder"... and partly you are right "thinking", the profile name has to remain (it can´t be changed anyway, unless you change it in the "kitchen" with disastrous consequences for users) BUT I KNOW that a lot of languages have their own "naming" for the Storage Card - and BTW, even Sir Sternas names after the STOCK ROM "Tarjeta de almacen." WITH A DOT behind it - and it´s been mentioned already a few times... Now, this is how it was before I changed it (take a close look at the mix of English and Spanish) - and I KNOW this causes severall problems with some applications:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\Profiles\MMC]

"Folder"="Storage card"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\Profiles\PCMCIA]

"Folder"="Tarjeta de almacen."

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\Profiles\SDMemory]

"Folder"="Tarjeta de almacen."

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\Profiles\SDMMC]

"Folder"="Tarjeta de almacen."

And just in case you should be further interested in how the SD Cards are called in Spanish ROMS - a little survey done by myself in the largest Spanish Speaking HTC Community worldwide with:

• Members: 386,889

• Threads: 142,413

• Posts: 1,486,804

Reveals that SD Card is called (named):

- 1.43... HTC/SPA = "Storage card"

- 1.48... HTC/SPA = "Storage card"

No complaints about issues regarding error messages due to the SD Cards "name"

- 1.66... HTC/SPA = "Tarjeta de almacen." (with the DOT)

- 3.14... HTC/SPA = "Tarleta de almacen." (with the DOT)

Complaints regarding error messages due to the SD Cards "name" and apps. not working

Movistar/Telefonica (largest Operator in Spain, Central and South America)

- 1.64... Telefonica = "Tarjeta de memoria"

- 3.14... Telefonica = "Tarjeta de memoria"

No complaints about issues regarding error messages due to the SD Cards "name"

Vodaphone

- 1.49... Vodafone = "Storage card"

No complaints about issues regarding error messages due to the SD Cards "name"

- 1.72... Vodafone = "Tarjeta de almacen." (with the DOT)

Complaints regarding error messages due to the SD Cards "name" and apps. not working

Artemis SPA

- Based on 1.66.xxx and 3.14.xxx = "Tarjeta de almacen." (v..¿?, 35.0, 36.0, 37.0, 40, 41) (with the DOT)

Complaints regarding error messages due to the SD Cards "name" and apps. not working

BsB Beast

- 5 y 6 = "Storage Card"

- 6.1 = "Storage Card"

No complaints about issues regarding error messages due to the SD Cards "name"

DGira

- XX y older = "Tarjeta de almacen."

Complaints regarding error messages due to the SD Cards "name" and apps. not working

Dutty (Spanish version)

- N4S Legacy V3 = "Tarjeta de almacenamiento"

No complaints about issues regarding error messages due to the SD Cards "name"

So as you can see Sir, we have done our "thinking" and homework prior to KNOW and ask Sir Sternas if he could possibly consider eliminating only the dot in the Spanish ROM (I´ve been only on board since version 35, but already then, I brought this to his attention - no hard feelings, since I can change it myself)

And now my SD Card is called as follows (without the DOT) and working flawlessly with all apps I know and tested

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\Profiles\MMC]

"Folder"="Tarjeta de almacen"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\Profiles\PCMCIA]

"Folder"="Tarjeta de almacen"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\Profiles\SDMemory]

"Folder"="Tarjeta de almacen"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\Profiles\SDMMC]

"Folder"="Tarjeta de almacen"

And my final question in this matter is as follows:

Why do we have to hold on to a mistake made by somebody in HTC who screwed up and either missunderstood an abreviation and wrong use of the language as of "Tarjeta de Almacenamiento", or simply forgot to errase a DOT in "Tarleta de almacen.", which by the way is NOT even correct.

1. Almacén (without the DOT) means "Storage" or "Storage Place" (subject)

2. Almacenamiento derives from the verb "almacenar" (not almacén) as in to create a storage (crear un almacén) or to store (almacenar) and is sometimes missused as subject, but this is only recognized or tought in school as a subject, when referred as that what is beeing stored (the content) and not the storage place itself. So "almacenamiento" is what´s in the "almacén" period.

3. "Almacen." is either an abreviation for the "almacenamiento" (content), or more likley a TYPO (never fixed though) for "almacen" (place).

Now, if you come to another conclusion, that´s fine, for you :D

Fin de la lección de la lengua Española - End of Spanish lesson, and if you want to write about "policies" regarding the use of DOTS within a name of a file or a folder in programming - not as to sepàrate the name from the extension, well be my guest, but I think this is not the place for it... :p

And to everybody else, and especially Sir Sternas, please excuse this "off topic" and excursion into Spanish linguistics :)