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QNote add-on for Thunderbird email application
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About date formatting in the future version 0.9.2 #3

Closed DenB10 closed 3 years ago

DenB10 commented 3 years ago

I'm testing your last version of QNote (0.9.2?). Besides welcome options like the default placement of the note or the delete confirmation, there is a new option to format the date. This would be nice but, as the used method doesn't support locales, it's not possible to have the date in the locale if you include the weekday or the month name for example. In my opinion, this is a problem. I'm not a developer but is there another formatting method which supports locales?

mlazdans commented 3 years ago

Currently date formatting is dependent on this implementation. Adding locale support for dates requires coding. It can't be done by simple translation. Any suggestion of ready-to-go implementation?

DenB10 commented 3 years ago

Unfortunately no. As I said it above, I'm not a developer and I have no idea about coding. So you know I have no suggestion for a ready-to-go solution!!!

Does "your" implementation exist in an extended "localized" version? Or, is it possible to join one?

And the method "Date.toLocaleString()" that I find in some mozilla extensions? Maybe with less choice for the parameters in the format?

Sorry but I am unaware.

mlazdans commented 3 years ago

Currently I'm not aware of good localized date formatting solution. Built in Intl.DateTimeFormat() is rather limited.

Default toLocaleString() will be used when you leave date format option empty. I should probably add locale string to it though.

DenB10 commented 3 years ago

My final opinion is this option which intends to customize the date format is not very necessary: the old format was good enough. Maybe, it's better to work on how to retrieve the search function?

But this is my own opinion!

mlazdans commented 3 years ago

You will get that if you leave dateFormat option empty. I started to play with localized dates, seems promising. Are you willing to become a beta tester perhaps?

Regarding search: there are some TB internals I can't go around currently, but this will be the next big thing I'm gonna dive in.

DenB10 commented 3 years ago

Because of the restrictions due to the pandemic in France, I have some free time to help you testing if you want, no problem!

mlazdans commented 3 years ago

Great! Please send me a msg to qnote@dqdp.net and I will add you to the beta testers list.

mlazdans commented 3 years ago

Fixed in next release.