inconsistent use of the words "suspend" and "sleep" on the desktop

[Matthew East]

On Wed, 2006-05-03 at 17:59 -0500, Jonathon Anderson wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-05-03 at 15:33 -0600, Bonilla, Alejandro wrote:
> > On Wed, 2006-05-03 at 17:23 -0400, Patrick McFarland wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 02 May 2006 12:23, Matthew East wrote:
> > > > A translator has brought it to my attention that the words "sleep" and
> > > > "suspend" are used with different meanings on the desktop. Specifically,
> > > > gnome-power-manager gets it wrong. In my understanding, the correct use
> > > > of the words (as used in the logout dialogue and the
> > > > file /etc/default/acpi-support) is like this:
> > > >
> > > > Sleep = Suspend to Ram
> > > > Hibernate = Suspend to Disk
> > > >
> > > > GPM uses them like this:
> > > >
> > > > Suspend = Sleep to Ram)
> > > > Hibernate = Sleep to Disk)
> > > >
> > > 
> > > IMO, Suspend and Hibernate really are the correct terms. WIndows gets it wrong 
> > > by saying Sleep and Hibernate.
> > 
> > I think it's over talked about what people really need or the options we
> > have.
> > 
> > Suspend is Suspend to RAM, Hibernate is to (Suspend, Sleep, Save) to
> > Disk.
> > 
> > http://www.lifsoft.com/power/faq.htm
> > 
> > -- 
> > Alejandro Bonilla
> > 
> 
> If I was a user, (which I am) the terms "sleep" and "hibernate" make
> much more sense than the term "suspend." Both "sleep" and "hibernate"
> are ways to suspend the system from actual processing, but "sleep" is
> light (memory), and "hibernate" is deep (disk).

Couldn't agree more. However, I couldn't really care less as long as the
logout dialogue and gnome-power-manager are consistent (which right now,
they are not). It would be great to get a definitive opinion about which
vocabulary to use (mdz?), and then get it sorted (announcing any
consequent string change to the translators).

Matt
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