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We should not use the term "dirty indicator" in user facing tools documentaiton #3961

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@BeckerWdf

#3823 introduced a new setting:

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The word "dirty" should not be used here. It sounds negative. The editor is not dirty it has "unsaved changes".

The documentation e.g. says:

Tabs in the editor area indicate the names of resources that are currently open for editing. An asterisk (*) indicates that an editor has unsaved changes.
The documentation says:
"An asterisk indicates that an editor has unsaved changes."

On the other hand https://help.eclipse.org/latest/index.jsp?topic=%2Forg.eclipse.platform.doc.user%2Freference%2Fref-12.htm&resultof%3D%2522%2564%2569%2572%2574%2579%2522%2520%2522%2564%2569%2572%2574%2569%2522%2520
uses the term "dirty editor". I would propose to change this to "unsaved changes".

And also this:
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and this:
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should be changed.

@vogella and others: What do you think?

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