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From: Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaziou@gmail.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Separate clocksum format for durations >= 1 day
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:04:05 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <877gpo1b16.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20121113130304.GA13301@c3po> (Toby Cubitt's message of "Tue, 13 Nov 2012 14:03:04 +0100")

Toby Cubitt <tsc25@cantab.net> writes:

Thanks for your work. Some comments below.

> The second patch:
> - further extends org-time-clocksum-format to allow separate month and
>   year components (where a month is taken to be 30 days, a year to be 365
>   days).

I suggest to add week instead of month, as the duration of the former is
more stable and [1;52[ range is still readable.

> The reason for retaining separate org-time-clocksum-format and
> org-time-clocksum-fractional-format's is that (i) it doesn't make much
> sense to have a list of formats for separate components when using the
> fractional format (see Nicolas' examples earlier in this discussion
> thread);

Then, my examples weren't clear. It is useful to have a list of formats
when using fractional time as the unit used may change:

                          1.2 d    or    1.2 h

> I'm not wedded to new customization type I've used in
> org-time-clocksum-format. If you prefer a plist, or a different ordering
> of the format strings in the list, or a different customization ui,
> that's fine by me.

I think a plist would be clearer. More on that below.

> +		     (org-add-props (concat (format "%s " (make-string l ?*))
> +					    (org-minutes-to-clocksum-string time)
> +					    (format "%s" (make-string (- 16 l) ?\ )))

Shouldn't it be:

(org-add-props (concat (make-string l ?*) " "
                       (org-minutes-to-clocksum-string time)
                       (make-string (- 16 l) ? ))

> -(defcustom org-time-clocksum-format "%d:%02d"
> +(defcustom org-time-clocksum-format '(":%02d" "%d" "%dd ")  ;"%d:%02d"
>    "The format string used when creating CLOCKSUM lines.
> -This is also used when org-mode generates a time duration."
> +This is also used when org-mode generates a time duration.

This is not about your patch, but while you're working in this area: in
documentation, it should be "Org mode".

> +The value can be a single format string containing two
> +%-sequences, which will be filled with the number of hours and
> +minutes in that order.

Ok, for backward compatibility. Note that, for a major release (8.0),
such changes are acceptable even without it.

> +Alternatively, the value can be a list of up to three format
> +strings. In this case, the first format string in the list is
> +used for the number of minutes, the second for the number of
> +hours, and the third for the number of days if the duration is
> +longer than 1 day. The complete formatted duration is obtained by
> +concatenating these in the order: days, minutes, hours.
> +
> +If the list contains fewer than three format strings, it
> +restricts the largest time unit in the formatted duration to be
> +the largest one in the list. A two-element list means the
> +duration will always be expressed in hours and minutes, a
> +one-element list means the duration will always be expressed in
> +minutes."

There, I think we would benefit from using a plist. Indeed,
a two-element list might mean that duration should be expressed in days
and hours instead. Also I suggest to report duration targeted at missing
format strings to the smaller unit. So:

  '(:day nil :hour "%d" :minute ":%02d")

will be the equivalent of the current default format string. Then we can
specify that "%d:%02d" is still available but should be deprecated.

It would also allow to skip months/weeks.

> +(defalias 'org-minutes-to-hh:mm-string 'org-minutes-to-clocksum-string)
> +(make-obsolete 'org-minutes-to-hh:mm-string 'org-minutes-to-clocksum-string
> +	       "org-mode version 7.9.3")

Good idea.


Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou

  reply	other threads:[~2012-11-14 15:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-10-27 14:01 [PATCH] Separate clocksum format for durations >= 1 day Toby Cubitt
2012-11-05  9:14 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2012-11-05 10:25   ` Toby Cubitt
2012-11-05 10:47   ` Achim Gratz
2012-11-05 11:01     ` Toby Cubitt
2012-11-05 11:13       ` Achim Gratz
2012-11-05 12:10         ` Toby Cubitt
2012-11-05 12:20           ` Nicolas Goaziou
2012-11-05 12:55             ` Toby Cubitt
2012-11-05 13:14               ` Nicolas Goaziou
2012-11-05 17:40                 ` Achim Gratz
2012-11-05 18:16                   ` Toby Cubitt
2012-11-05 22:45                     ` Nicolas Goaziou
2012-11-06 10:35                       ` Toby Cubitt
2012-11-06 10:57                         ` Nicolas Goaziou
2012-11-06 12:01                           ` Toby Cubitt
2012-11-06 12:29                             ` Nicolas Goaziou
2012-11-06 13:04                               ` Toby Cubitt
2012-11-06 17:41                                 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2012-11-06 19:26                                   ` Toby Cubitt
2012-11-06 19:55                                     ` Nicolas Goaziou
2012-11-06 20:35                                       ` Toby Cubitt
2012-11-08  0:26                                         ` Nicolas Goaziou
2012-11-08 11:28                                           ` Toby Cubitt
2012-11-09  8:04                                             ` Nicolas Goaziou
2012-11-13 13:03                                               ` Toby Cubitt
2012-11-14 15:04                                                 ` Nicolas Goaziou [this message]
2012-11-14 15:37                                                   ` Toby Cubitt
2012-11-14 16:09                                                     ` Nicolas Goaziou
2012-11-14 16:20                                                       ` Toby Cubitt
2012-11-16 15:12                                                         ` Toby Cubitt
2012-11-17  8:48                                                           ` Nicolas Goaziou
2012-11-17 14:00                                                             ` Toby Cubitt
2012-11-17 14:42                                                               ` Nicolas Goaziou
2012-11-17 16:02                                                                 ` Toby Cubitt
2012-11-20 16:12                                                                   ` Mike McLean
2012-11-20 17:28                                                                     ` Toby Cubitt
2012-11-20 19:24                                                                       ` Nicolas Goaziou
2012-11-21 23:29                                                                         ` Mike McLean
2012-11-30 11:22                                                                 ` [bug] " Sebastien Vauban
2012-11-06 18:42                       ` [PATCH] " Achim Gratz
2012-11-06 20:10                         ` Toby Cubitt
2012-11-06 20:49                           ` Achim Gratz

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