Hi, I've just have an idea : Why not converting KCron into a KCM Module which will fit perfectly in the system-settings application. Of course, I'm Ok to make this conversion.
My question is : where does the source files will be moved if KCron is provided with system-settings ? Second question : Is there anybody who know how to integrate a new module into system-settings ? Cheers. Nicolas Ternisien On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 10:20 AM, Richard Hartmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Feb 11, 2008 1:54 PM, Nicolas Ternisien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I would like to know more about the actual status of KCron. > > After a little review of it, it seems to be quite powerful, but some > > little things could be improved. > > I did not even know it existed. Neat :) > > > > > 2/ Does the Save button is really useful ? I think it should be easier > > if the modification are auto-applied, but could be still canceled by > > an Undo action (Ctrl+Z) > > Personally, I always hated how regedit would implicitly save everything > that was changed. I often create sets of settings which I want to commit > in one go. Also, I often play around and, unless I am certain I want to > commit my changes, just exit and re-enter to do it right, this time. > > This is especially true as wrong crontabs have the potential to break > stuff. > > > > > 3/ I think the environment variables and the tasks should be totally > > separated in two different list, and the main one could be the tasks > > list, of course, because this is the main role of KCron. > > Agreed. > > > > > 4/ You have already work on KCron, so I suppose you already thought > > about the manner of displaying the next launching date. I don't know > > if it will be hard to use the calendar widget or something like that > > to graphically display this info. Don't hesitate to inform me about > > ideas who had to implement this. > > Actually, you might even want to think about a way to export selected > tasks into KDE PIM. Especially with backup tasks, that would be _hugely_ > useful. You could even go as far as reminding the user to enter a DVD-R, > plug in an USB device, connect to the VPN, whatever, for those tasks. > > > > > 5/ Finally, I also think that the crontab -e description of start > > times should also appear to ensure people who already knows the > > crontab syntax. > > Yes. > > > > > Thanks for reading this mail. > > No, thank you for working on this :) > > > Richard > _______________________________________________ release-team mailing list [email protected] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/release-team
