Thanks Adam. I will simply edit the event data into the format I like. That is the big advantage of the fact you have made it editable
On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Adam Dingle <[email protected]> wrote: > Peter, > > Shotwell doesn't use the locale's setting since we've chosen our own date > format which we think looks simpler and easier to read (e.g. "Tue Jun 29, > 2010"). It's true that with our date format the numbers don't line up > vertically in neat columns since we begin with an abbreviated day of the > week, which always has 3 characters but whose width may vary in a > variable-width font. We could consider allowing the user to customize the > date format we display; feel free to file a ticket for this if you like. > > adam > > On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 3:17 PM, Peter DO Smith <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I find the date format for the event list (left hand bar) confusing. When >> I >> have many entries it is easier to scan them quickly if a simple date >> format >> is used that lines up in neat columns. I tried changing the date_fmt entry >> in my locales file to correct this (I am using Ubuntu 10.04) but it had no >> effect, although the change was visible in Ubuntu. >> >> Does Shotwell use the locales setting for the date format? >> >> Peter >> _______________________________________________ >> Shotwell mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.yorba.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/shotwell >> > > _______________________________________________ Shotwell mailing list [email protected] http://lists.yorba.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/shotwell
