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Osmo won't advance by a day from the 30 April
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Colonel Panic
 Joined: 16 Sep 2006 Posts: 1225 |
Hi. I'm normally a big fan of the Osmo calendar program but today I noticed what seems to be a bug with it. I tried to click forward a day from today's date (April 30th) and found that I couldn't; it stayed stuck on today's date. Moving a month forward to May and then going back to May 1, I found I couldn't go backwards to April 30th either. The same thing happens in Quelitu, which also has Osmo installed by default. Has anyone else found this? Is it a Walpurgis Night special or something? I think we should be told 
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SFR
 Joined: 26 Oct 2011 Posts: 572 |
I assure you, witches have nothing to do with that. 'Preferences' -> 'Calendar' tab -> 'No month change' checkbox (at the bottom) ...unless it occurs only within a range of April<->May. Well, in that case I wouldn't be so sure... 
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Monsie
 Joined: 01 Dec 2011 Posts: 465 Location: Kamloops BC Canada |
Thanks for the tip, SFR I just checked my settings in Osmo and found that the "no month change" checkbox was ticked, so that means this setting is on by default. My thoughts are that this checkbox should be off by default. Otherwise users are likely to think that the Calendar just doesn't work properly. I don't think the average user will think of checking the application preferences to fix this kind of "problem". So I went to:
to see if I could hack the file, but I could not find any reference to this setting in the Calendar section of the code. So, I am stumped for now. The other option is to submit a bug report here with the developers... even though they may not necessarily see it as a bug, but instead as a feature by design. So, my question is whether it is worth doing so or not --feedback wanted please. Thanks, Monsie _________________ My username is pronounced: "mun-see". Derived from my surname, it was my nickname throughout high school. |
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Colonel Panic
Joined: 16 Sep 2006 Posts: 1225 |
Thanks for the info SFR. You're right; I unchecked the box marked "No month change" and it works fine now. I'm puzzled as to why such an option should exist though; I can't see any point in it at all. Munsie; I agree, contacting the developers sounds like a good idea. Cheers, CP . _________________ Pentium III/866, 512 MB of RAM 80 GB hard drive running Puppy Cielo 5 "Wary" and Vector 7 Light. |
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SFR
Joined: 26 Oct 2011 Posts: 572 |
I took a closer look at config.xml and the "No month change" option is binary encoded (among other options) in this line:
The 2nd bit (which is the 3rd digit from the right end) is responsible for 'No month change': %00011010 ( = 26 ) <- unticked %00011110 ( = 30 ) <- ticked I, too, am not sure what practical advantage of such option can be... Greetings! _________________ [O]bdurate [R]ules [D]estroy [E]nthusiastic [R]ebels => [C]reative [H]umans [A]lways [O]pen [S]ource Omnia mea mecum porto. |
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Monsie
Joined: 01 Dec 2011 Posts: 465 Location: Kamloops BC Canada |
Thank you, SFR
That was good detective work. I can see that I gave up too quickly when I couldn't find a line that more closely resembled "no month change" So I have decided that I need to be more careful when scrutinizing code in future. CP: Thanks, I will contact the developers, because I think we can agree that it is much better to have this feature turned off by default. I cannot think of an example whereby this feature needs to be on. That said, there may be certain situation(s) when it is necessary, but then I would think that it is much better to adjust this setting to on --on an as-needed, per-user basis. Monsie _________________ My username is pronounced: "mun-see". Derived from my surname, it was my nickname throughout high school. |
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Monsie
Joined: 01 Dec 2011 Posts: 465 Location: Kamloops BC Canada |
Update: I have now filed a "Feature Request" with the developers. I've asked that the No month change setting be switched off by default in future versions of Osmo, and have given an explanation why this change is a good idea. So... I'm now tracking the status of my request by e-mail and will let the Forum know of further developments. Monsie _________________ My username is pronounced: "mun-see". Derived from my surname, it was my nickname throughout high school. |
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