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List:       koffice
Subject:    Re: Patch for KPresenter (Presentation Time)
From:       Toshitaka Fujioka <toshitaka () kde ! gr ! jp>
Date:       2001-04-14 9:59:49
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On Friday 13 April 2001 23:22, David Faure wrote:
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>
> Hmm, strange feature :)
> I mean the idea is interesting, but I'm afraid that a menu item named "Stop
> Watch" doesn't really tell the user what it's going to do.
>
> And if you only display the time at the end, why update 4 member variable
> each second ? ;-)
> This could be done _much_ simpler with a QTime, using start() at the
> beginning of the presentation, and elapsed() at the end.
>
> What about showing "last presentation duration: hh:mm:ss" in the statusbar,
> instead of a message box ? This would be less intrusive, so the toggle
> action wouldn't even be needed anymore, IMHO.
> Look at kword/kwview.cc for an example of how to handle statusbar items
> (including the tricky cases of splitted views etc. :)
> I see that kpresenter doesn't have any statusbar currently... Would be a
> good opportunity to add one, with the current slide number and the total
> number of slides (like for pages in kword), especially useful for those who
> don't use the sidebar ;-)
>
> Well, just an idea. In any case, a QTimer and a printf every second isn't
> necessary, that's for sure ;)
 
Thank you for advice. I'll try.

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