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In some texture packs, you might want to change the name of some items, such as changing 'Sapling' to 'Little Tree.' Its actually very easy to do. In your minecraft.jar, find the folder marked 'lang.' Open it up. Inside you'll find 2 text files, each named according to what language you're running MineCraft in. For me, the file we need is called 'en_US.lang' (I'm not sure about the name for other languages). Open it up.
The text should look like this:

gui.done=Done
gui.cancel=Cancel
gui.toMenu=Back to title screen
gui.up=Up
gui.down=Down
gui.yes=Yes
gui.no=No

menu.singleplayer=Singleplayer
menu.multiplayer=Multiplayer (Broken)
menu.mods=Texture Packs
menu.options=Options
menu.quit=Quit Game

You can change the text for the title menu, options, etc.
A few chunks of text down, you'll find this:

tile.stone.name=Stone
tile.stone.desc=
tile.grass.name=Grass
tile.grass.desc=
tile.dirt.name=Dirt
tile.dirt.desc=
tile.stonebrick.name=Cobblestone
tile.stonebrick.desc=
tile.wood.name=Planks
tile.wood.desc=
tile.sapling.name=Sapling
tile.sapling.desc=
tile.bedrock.name=Bedrock
tile.bedrock.desc=

You can change the names of the items using this chunk of text. For instance, changing the name of dirt to soil would be

tile.dirt.name=Dirt
to
tile.dirt.name=Soil

Adding text to the end of 'tile.dirt.desc=' will change what text shows up in your statistics. For instance, hovering over 'Dirt Removed' in my statistics will show whatever text I add to the .desc.

In the next chunk of text, you'll see that 'tile.' is changed to 'item.' You can edit this the same way that you changed the tiles.

Once you're done, save this into your 'lang' folder. Make sure that it is in the 'lang' folder, replacing the original text file. Otherwise, this won't work with your texture pack. Please note that in order for this to work, you must manually install the 'lang' folder into the original minecraft.jar. Using a texture installer will NOT work.

When using mods like SingePlayerCommands or when in an SMP server, using the /give command won't work with the new names. If you want to get an Iron Shovel, you can't say "/give spade," you need to say the original name, like "/give iron shovel."

Mods that add items can't have their item names changed using this method. You'll have to use something like EditRocket to change the file for the new item.

Additionally, you can use the other file in the 'lang' folder to change the text for achievements. It's so straightforward that I won't give a guide to changing this.

So, good luck adding more to your textures. Sorry if the guide isn't very clear, I was tired when I wrote this. Have fun.

-Gridster