Orage - Change Default Start Time for New Appointments?

Digger · 2015-10-06 17:25:52

Hello all,

When I add a new appointment to Orage (version 4.6.1), the default start time is 0900. I want to change said default start time to something else.

I've checked the "~/.config/orage/oragerc" file, but nothing is jumping out at me.

Any clues as to how I can change the default start time that appears in the "New appointment - Orage" window?

TIA!

ToZ · 2015-10-06 18:05:21

I don't think you can. From the source code (appointment.c):

/* If we're today, we propose an appointment the next half-hour */
.....
.....
.....
/* otherwise we suggest it at 09:00 in the morning. */
else {
g_sprintf(appt->starttime,"%sT090000", par);
g_sprintf(appt->endtime,"%sT093000", par);
}

Digger · 2015-10-06 18:25:38

Makes sense - thanks for the quick reply!

Sideburns · 2015-10-06 19:26:22

You might want to file an RFE at the Xfce Bugzilla, requesting that the start time be configurable.

MountainDewManiac · 2015-10-07 00:42:24

ToZ wrote:

I don't think you can. From the source code (appointment.c):
/* If we're today, we propose an appointment the next half-hour */
.....
.....
.....
/* otherwise we suggest it at 09:00 in the morning. */
else {
g_sprintf(appt->starttime,"%sT090000", par);
g_sprintf(appt->endtime,"%sT093000", par);
}

So Digger could change Orage's default appointment start time, but he'd have to do so by editing the source code and compiling it himself?

BtW, is the bit you posted of the application from a current version, or from the version that he mentioned? As his .SIG states that he is still running Xfce 4.6.2 is several versions out of date (and from 2010, IIRC), I'm wondering if the components that go along with Xfce might have had some major updates in the time since and, specifically, if that default in Orage is now a setting in its preferences?

Just curious,
MDM

ToZ · 2015-10-07 01:00:32

You're right MDM. I missed the version in the OP's first post. However, the code is still the same between 4.6x and 4.12x branches with respect to the suggested start time. And yes, if the OP wanted to, he could re-compile himself.

MountainDewManiac · 2015-10-07 03:50:04

Off-topic: Is that version of Xfce still updated (I'm thinking of possibly security updates, rather than the addition of extra features or fixing irritating - but non-security - bugs)?

On-topic: I've never compiled anything for linux (I just haven't had the need), but it is my understanding that it's every bit as simple as a United States tax form (IOW, something that a reasonably bright fifth-grader could manage). And, since the OP wishes to change this as a "default" setting - as in, he presumably wouldn't need to change it often - compiling the thing himself is probably a perfectly viable option (with the caveat that, if his distro's repos received a newer version, he'd have to compile that one after making that little change - but I'm thinking that, with an Xfce 4.6.2 installation, that probably isn't something he has to worry about / hope for wink ).

Regards,
MDM

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