Replace the term "to reinitialize"

[Tim Wunder]

On 11/4/2002 4:54 PM, someone claiming to be Chris Lyttle wrote:
> On Mon, 2002-11-04 at 04:05, Christian Stimming wrote:
> 
>>The term "to reinitialize a transaction" is used as a menu item in the 
>>register.  The action that this menu item should perform is: Remove all 
>>splits in the selected transaction except the one that is attached to 
>>the currently opened register.
>>
>>I think the term "reinitialize" is seriously misleading here. To me, 
>>"reinitialize" sounds similar to "set to default", but the meaning of 
>>both in the context of a selected transaction is totally unclear. For 
>>example, the "default" for a newly entered transaction can be seen as 
>>those values that are filled in through the auto-completion features. On 
>>the other hand, the "default" of a transaction could also be seen to be 
>>a totally empty transaction, but then the mentioned action would just 
>>mean "to delete the transaction".
>>
>>If we want to have such an action available that deletes the other 
>>splits in a transaction, I would suggest a wording like
>>"Delete other splits",
>>or "Almost delete transaction",
>>or "Delete rest of transaction",
>>or "Partly delete transaction"
>>-- anyhow, as you can see I would like to have the word "delete" in it 
>>since that is what this action is supposed to do. What do people think?
>>
> 
> I really think 'delete' implies 'to remove the transaction'. I would
> prefer a wording such as 'Erase Transaction Splits' or 'Clear
> Transaction Splits'.
> 
> Chris

I like "Remove Splits", but either "Erase" or "Clear Tansaction Splits" is better than "reinitialize".

Regards,
Tim