Don't you think there will be a lot of complaints that we do not follow the locale's setting further down the track?
/Bengt On Sat, 2010-07-31 at 19:04 +0200, Peter DO Smith wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ Shotwell mailing list [email protected] http://lists.yorba.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/shotwell
