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diff --git a/development/pim/pimpaper/gui_xref.tex b/development/pim/pimpaper/gui_xref.tex index d869c5f..f86e618 100644 --- a/development/pim/pimpaper/gui_xref.tex +++ b/development/pim/pimpaper/gui_xref.tex @@ -1,40 +1,44 @@ \section{GUI Classes} +GUI elements should be provided for modifying records in a general way. The next sections +shows suggested widgets for this purpose. \subsubsection{Recurrence Widget} -Opie PIM offers a recurrence Widget to let the user +Opie PIM offers a recurrence widget to let the user configure the recurrence. \subsubsection{Mainwindow} -The mainwindow implements a QCOP Interface for showing, +The mainwindow implements a QCOP interface for showing and editing records. It can handle alarms and reminder activation. \section{Cross Reference} \subsection{The idea} -Sometimes an Event or Todo is related to something else. -For example the Birthday Attribute of your children Record relate -to the Birthday Event in your Datebook and the ``Book clown'' -in your Todolist.\\ -We need a way to select the Record and the attribute if we want -that fine grained information. +Sometimes a datebook-event or todo is related to something else. +For example, the birthday attribute of a child record relate +to the birthday event in a datebook and to the entry ``Book clown'' +in your todolist.\\ +We need a way to interconnect information to describe such relations. \subsection{Selecting the Reference} \subsubsection{Out Of Process Selection} -For an Out of Process solution we could utilize the targeted -Application to request the selection of an record.\\ +For an out of process solution, we could utilize the targeted +application to request the selection of an record.\\ For that to work we need to know which application offers -Cross Referencing and the API needs to be able to find the +cross referencing. The API needs to be able to find the application and then call them via QCOP.\\ -Later for resolving the Cross Reference the same application\\ +Later, for resolving the cross-references, the same application\\ would be either asked to give a summary string or it could display the reference on demand. This requires the application -to start and a specific selection window, but more easily -allows to cross reference attributes. +to start a specific selection window, but more easily +allows to cross reference attributes. \comment{``, but..'' Das verstehe ich nicht!. Ich wuerde den Satz so uebersetzen: +Dies erfordert, dass die Application ein spezielles Auswahlfenster startet, aber viel einfacher die +Crossreferenzierung von Attributen erlaubt. +Meinst Du das ? } -\subsubsection{In Process Selection} -In Process Selection is possible with the usage of OPimBase +\subsubsection{In-Process-Selection} +In-process-selection is possible using OPimBase and OPimRecord. It allows to query and sort in a generic way. -This would allow to have a generic Selector widget which -can be used to select a Record and possible files as well. To -support new types one could dlopen the Frontends to allow -custom Frontends. +This would allow to have a generic selector widget, which +can be used to select a record and possible files as well. To +support new types it should be possible to use plugins (via dlopen) do load +and support custom frontends. |