Re: project of the week question

[Andreas Persenius <ndap swipnet se>]

Quoting Olaf Grüttner (o.gruettner@tu-bs.de):
> > I hacked up an gnome-annotate.py using the gnome-python bindings. 
> > It can be downloaded from http://home.swipnet.se/darshiva/software.html.
> 
> okay, today I had more time to inspect your fine program.
> 
> I really like it, but there is nothing that can´t improve even more.
> 
> 1. If I mark text and leftclick onto the applet it pastes the text as
> expected.  But if I click again, it does the pasting again. It
> shouldn´t.

Well, it should because the text is still selected.. right? Anyway, I
have made it an option (defaults to on).

> 2. Separate pastings of selected text should be separated from another
> by a leading and a trailing blank line.

Done

> 3. My biggest desire is to save the annotation to a file!!!

That should work just fine in 1.4.

> 4. There is a "clear annotations" button right under a "view annotations" 
> button. It is very easy to select the wrong button. I did it :-( 

Now 'Clear annotations' is under 'Save annotations' instead.. :)
(and there is an (optional) question dialog to be on the safe side)

> 5. Instead of "Annotate" could the applet tell the filename, where
> annotations will be saved to, with "Annotate" being the default file?

Yep, done..

> 6. The size of the viewing box is not changeable and simple editing in
> it is not possible. Does it take long, to implement these features? 
> Maybe taking another widget for the job?

No, 

> 
> Anyway, you have done a marvelous job. It took some 23 hours from idea 
> to you delivering a WORKING program which implements most of the 
> desired features !!! 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Olaf
> 

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