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List:       koffice
Subject:    Re: koffice/filters
From:       Werner Trobin <wtrobin () carinthia ! com>
Date:       2000-01-30 20:15:57
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David Faure wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Jan 30, 2000 at 06:06:11PM +0100, Werner Trobin wrote:
> > David Faure wrote:
> > >
> > > On Sun, Jan 30, 2000 at 11:49:00AM +0100, CVS by wtrobin wrote:
> > > >
> > > > koffice/filters HOWTO,1.2,1.3
> > > > Author: wtrobin
> > > > CVSROOT: /home/kde
> > > > Sun Jan 30 11:48:59 MET 2000
> > > > Update of /home/kde/koffice/filters
> > > > In directory zeus:/tmp/cvs-serv2112
> > > >
> > > > Modified Files:
> > > >       HOWTO
> > > > Log Message:
> > > > - Improved the CSV dialog
> > > > - Added information to the HOWTO file
> > > >
> > > > David: Please have a look - it works now :) (Note: you have to comment
> > > > out the last line from configure.in.in and recompile koffice to use
> > > > the KFD...)
> > >
> > > Wow, it works indeed :-)
> >
> > It was an awful bug :)
> >
> > > A few comments on the user interface : instead of the default
> > > preview widget (the one with a pushbutton and boring text, for the user),
> > > can't the preview widget be simply blank, hidden, or sized to 0, when
> > > there is nothing to show ?

Done. Did I already say that Qt is terrific?

> >
> > I'll implement that. At the moment I can't start KDE (some dcop or
> > kde problems) and kword fails to compile (qdir.h causes problems).
> 
> Both are fixed. coolo fixed kdelibs/kdecore for the first one,
> I fixed kword_doc.cc for the second one. Update :-)

Runs again :)))

> > > Also the CSV dialog should read
> > > semi-colon (;)
> > > comma (,)
> > > tab
> > > instead of specifying countries...
> >

Done.

> > I thought I add that as a hint for the user.
> 
> Well, getting it right is very complex. A lot of countries use
> one or the other, and the real problem isn't the country you're in,
> but the version of the program you're using. Plus the bugs
> it can have (Applix has some...). Better just avoid the issue.
> The real good thing to do, as we said earlier, would be to show
> a real preview, much like Excel's text-file import dialog.

Hmmm... I'll think about that :)

Werner

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