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List:       kde-pim
Subject:    Re: [Kde-pim] Archiving
From:       Bo Thorsen <bo () sonofthor ! dk>
Date:       2003-03-27 11:36:51
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On Thursday 27 March 2003 11:40, Cornelius Schumacher wrote:
> On Tuesday 25 March 2003 11:07, Bo Thorsen wrote:
> > When the user archives old appointments, this also saves and removes
> > older tasks. I find this quite unintuitive and perhaps even wrong. If
> > I have a task I'm not done with, I don't want it archived - even if
> > it's old.
> >
> > Why was it done this way and can I fix it?
>
> I don't know why it was done this way. The archive function should
> probably not remove any todos at all, at least no not-completed ones.

Okay, so we agree that current behaviour is bad. I'll see what I can do 
about it.

> > If there is a reason that I didn't think of, how about adding a "Also
> > archive tasks" checkbox to the dialog to change the behaviour?
>
> What about combining the "Archive" dialog and the "Purge completed"
> dialog and adding some checkboxes to control what gets
> archived/deleted? Something like "events ending before date x", "todos
> due before date y" and "completed todos".

You don't think you just get more complicated dialogs without a better 
interface? That's at least my initial feeling without having though a lot 
about it.

Bo.

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     Bo Thorsen                 |   Praestevejen 4
     Senior Software Engineer   |   5290 Marslev
     Klarälvdalens Datakonsult  |   Denmark
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