Re: "Is a date" checkbox in diff dialog

"kaczoroj" <[email protected]> Fri, 22 Dec 2006 01:38:27 -0000
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Kirill,

Sounds good to me. You can grab the getdate.c from cvsnt. I also like=20
the idea of tri-state, with auto-detection as default setting.

Best Regards,
Jerzy

--- In [email protected], "kirillmueller" <mail@...> wrote:
>
> Jerzy,
>=20
> There are files getdate.y and getdate.c in the cvs-1.10/lib=20
directory.
> The latter is generated by the former and offers a function get_date
> that parses a date string. We could use that to reliably determine=20
if
> the text entered is a date.
>=20
> Do you think it's a good idea to use the file cvs-1.10/lib/getdate.c
> for WinCvs, provided it compiles under Visual Studio? Or shall we=20
use
> our own copy of getdate.c? There are many getdate.y's around. I=20
don't
> know if there's an "official" version, but I think we should stick=20
to
> the version that cvs uses anyway.
>=20
> I agree that disabling the checkbox is a bad idea: One is free to=20
use
> tags that are valid dates. However, given a reliable means of=20
checking
> if a string forms a valid date, we could employ a tri-state=20
checkbox,
> where "grayed" means auto-detection. Simply setting the checkbox's
> state after each character would be ok, too. What do you prefer?
>=20
>=20
> Regards,
>=20
> Kirill
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            <p>Kirill,<br>
<br>
Sounds good to me. You can grab the getdate.c from cvsnt. I also like <br>
the idea of tri-state, with auto-detection as default setting.<br>
<br>
Best Regards,<br>
Jerzy<br>
<br>
--- In <a href="mailto:cvsgui-dev%40yahoogroups.com">cvsgui-dev@yahoogro<wbr>ups.com</a>, &quot;kirillmueller&quot; &lt;mail@...&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Jerzy,<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; There are files getdate.y and getdate.c in the cvs-1.10/lib <br>
directory.<br>
&gt; The latter is generated by the former and offers a function get_date<br>
&gt; that parses a date string. We could use that to reliably determine <br>
if<br>
&gt; the text entered is a date.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Do you think it's a good idea to use the file cvs-1.10/lib/<wbr>getdate.c<br>
&gt; for WinCvs, provided it compiles under Visual Studio? Or shall we <br>
use<br>
&gt; our own copy of getdate.c? There are many getdate.y's around. I <br>
don't<br>
&gt; know if there's an &quot;official&quot; version, but I think we should stick <br>
to<br>
&gt; the version that cvs uses anyway.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; I agree that disabling the checkbox is a bad idea: One is free to <br>
use<br>
&gt; tags that are valid dates. However, given a reliable means of <br>
checking<br>
&gt; if a string forms a valid date, we could employ a tri-state <br>
checkbox,<br>
&gt; where &quot;grayed&quot; means auto-detection. Simply setting the checkbox's<br>
&gt; state after each character would be ok, too. What do you prefer?<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Regards,<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Kirill<br>
&gt;<br>
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