two feature request for Orage Globaltime

Juha kautto.juha at kolumbus.fi
Wed Feb 4 14:09:54 CET 2015


Good that it works now. But indeed it should be in the doc.

Basically as the plugin is now on your panel, it is started and Orage is 
just a click away.
As the startup option thing is not as simple as it sounds, I am not very 
eager to implement it.

Juha
04.02.2015, 14:57, LUIS VALENZUELA kirjoitti:
> Ok, I got it! How dumb. Now it's working perfect. Perhaps this should 
> be included in the documentation.
>
> Now, this solves point 2. Any idea about point 1?
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> 2015-02-04 12:48 GMT+00:00 Juha <kautto.juha at kolumbus.fi 
> <mailto:kautto.juha at kolumbus.fi>>:
>
>     Indeed it is missing from the documentation. But you should find
>     it same way than any other panel plugin.
>
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>     04.02.2015, 14:28, LUIS VALENZUELA kirjoitti:
>>     Oh, I don't know where that plugin is. Documentation (4.7) does
>>     not say something about a clock in the panel. Hidden features
>>     list doesn't either. Is that plugin outside the project's page?
>>
>>     2015-02-04 12:09 GMT+00:00 Juha <kautto.juha at kolumbus.fi
>>     <mailto:kautto.juha at kolumbus.fi>>:
>>
>>         Hmm. Orage has its own panel clock plugin, which I meant.
>>         But probably we are talking about different things.
>>
>>         Juha
>>         04.02.2015, 14:04, LUIS VALENZUELA kirjoitti:
>>>         Hi Juha,
>>>
>>>         I don't really see what types of clock can Orage do. Note
>>>         that I'm not referring to the Globaltime tool. That tool
>>>         doesn't show the date and it cannot be put on top of the
>>>         panel. Regarding orage itself, I don't see any option to add
>>>         a clock, except the option to use a dynamic icon, which
>>>         again is not too visible and has no clock. I hope I'm not
>>>         missing something in the features! I'm using Orage 4.10.0
>>>         with Xubuntu 14.04.
>>>
>>>         Best,
>>>         Luis.
>>>
>>>         2015-02-04 11:30 GMT+00:00 Juha <kautto.juha at kolumbus.fi
>>>         <mailto:kautto.juha at kolumbus.fi>>:
>>>
>>>             Hi Luis,
>>>
>>>             I am curious about 2). What kind of format are you using
>>>             with standard Xfce clock, which Orage can not do?
>>>             I believe Orage can do all formats except analog clock.
>>>
>>>             Juha
>>>             04.02.2015, 12:34, LUIS VALENZUELA kirjoitti:
>>>>             Hello there.
>>>>
>>>>             First, thanks for the app. It is simple, elegant and
>>>>             useful!. Now, I would like to make two features request
>>>>             for this app:
>>>>
>>>>             1) Start up option: it would be nice to have an option
>>>>             within the Preferences menu to add Orage to the start
>>>>             up list. I know this can be done in other ways but
>>>>             given the importance of the app (managing all your
>>>>             appointments and so) it might be useful to have it
>>>>             there as an option.
>>>>
>>>>             2) Calendar integration with Clock: normally, you would
>>>>             expect users to have Orage *and* the standard xfce
>>>>             clock. Now, when you click on the clock a calendar
>>>>             appears. This calendar is the same as the one of Orage
>>>>             (I imagine Orage is based on it). However, that
>>>>             calendar is not interactive. This seems to me a waste
>>>>             of resources and space. This could be solved 1) if
>>>>             Orage is integrated in the clock's calendar, or 2) if
>>>>             Orage has an option to display the date and time
>>>>             (currently it can also display the date but it is not
>>>>             easy to read). In both cases there would be only one
>>>>             item in the panel.
>>>>
>>>>             These are not big issues and you can always find some
>>>>             workarounds but a direct solution from Orage
>>>>             preferences would make things easier.
>>>>
>>>>             Any comments welcome.
>>>>
>>>>             Best,
>>>>             Luis.
>>>>
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