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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Chinese lunar calender support and improvement for existing
From:       LiuCougar <liucougar () gmail ! com>
Date:       2005-05-03 2:26:55
Message-ID: 9558067805050219265db4c136 () mail ! gmail ! com
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Another question related to Jewish plugin for korganizer: why not just
use the Hebrew KCalendarSystem in the Jewish plugin directly? What's
the point of copying it over again?

I just thought I should implement a KCalendarSystemChinese containing
the core of chinese lunar calendar system, and then use it in
CalendarDecoration.

Regards,
Cougar

On 5/3/05, LiuCougar <liucougar@gmail.com> wrote:
> I just looked at the sources of CalendarDecoration. It seems to me
> that, when Jewish plugin is enabled, only the current day can be
> attached with its corresponding Jewish date, right?
> 
> Ideally, like in paper based Chinese calendar, I'd like to add these
> info directly to the KDatePicker, so each day will have its
> corresponding chinese lunar date displayed as well, not only the
> current day which has the info displayed in another widget (the main
> widget on the right of korganizor).
> 
> Do you think this request is reasonable?
> 
> On 5/3/05, LiuCougar <liucougar@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 5/2/05, Cornelius Schumacher <schumacher@kde.org> wrote:
> > > 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.
> > Thanks. the core of chinese calendar is almost done in a sub-class of
> > KCalendarSystem.
> >
> > > > 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.
> > It is used along side with Gregorian calendar: each calendar sold in
> > China (I mean real calendar, paper based) marks each day with its
> > correponding chinese calendar date. Now I will move on to investigate
> > the CalendarDecoration plugin and try to implement user interface for
> > the chinese calendar. Any suggestions?
> >
> > I think the chinese calendar core should be implemented in a
> > KCalendarSystem, while the user interface should be based on a plugin
> > system (CalendarDecoration)
> >
> > > > 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 hope this capability is built-in into the kdelibs (say KDatePicker),
> > which you can set  it up to display some extra info using a specified
> > plugin (it may be desired if the plugins can be cascaded...): the user
> > can specify a plugin (say from kontact), to display important days the
> > user created, or use a plugin to supply info for chinese calendar, so
> > that when I left click the clock applet in kicker, I will find a
> > calendar containing all the useful info in a real chinese calendar.
> >
> > I assume KDatePicker has to have some plugin-based mechanism in order
> > to handle this. How do you think this should be done? Define a KPart?
> > Or add support of CalendarDecoration to KDatePicker?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Cougar
> > --
> > "People's characters are strengthened through struggle against
> > difficulties; they are weakened by comfort."
> > - Old Chinese adage
> >
> 
> --
> "People's characters are strengthened through struggle against
> difficulties; they are weakened by comfort."
> - Old Chinese adage
> 


-- 
"People's characters are strengthened through struggle against
difficulties; they are weakened by comfort."
- Old Chinese adage
 
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