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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Chinese lunar calender support and improvement for existing
From:       Cornelius Schumacher <schumacher () kde ! org>
Date:       2005-05-02 20:27:20
Message-ID: 200505022227.20654.schumacher () kde ! org
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On Friday 29 April 2005 18:57, LiuCougar wrote:
>
> Do you think it is necessary to split the core to a dedicated
> library? AFAICT, KCalendarSystemJalali (shipped with kdelibs) does
> not rely on any other libraries, or am I wrong?

I don't think it's necessary to put the code into a separate library.

> This plugin seems to handle holidays itself. Do you think it is
> better to sub-class KHolidays or use this kind of hardcoded one?

It depends a bit on how the Chinese calendar is usually used. It is used 
in parallel to a Gregorian calendar or is it used as only calendar? If 
it is used in parallel, it probably is the easiest way to write a 
CalendarDecoration plugin.

> The idea of "Extending KDatePicker" is what I am looking for: with
> this kind of capability, it is possible to add extra info to a date,
> such as the name of the chinese lunar day, and some other important
> date for a users: say parents' birthday :)

Exactly :-)

> I'd like to contribute in this aspect.

Great. Your help is very welcome.

-- 
Cornelius Schumacher <schumacher@kde.org>
 
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