Re: Chart property window

[Raymond Lillard <rlillard sonic net>]

Andreas,

On 12/01/2012 10:29 AM, Andreas Guelzow wrote:
> On Sat, 2012-12-01 at 09:41 -0800, Raymond Lillard wrote:
> > I often create charts and need to heavily customize
> > them with non-default settings.  These charts are
> > usually based on the scatter chart and have several
> > X-Y data sets plotted.  I often add extra axises
> > along the right side with explicit scaling.
> >
> > All of this is to say that when I click on "Apply"
> > and the property window closes, it is a significant
> > annoyance to have to re-open the window and navigate
> > a complex tree of properties to continue with my
> > customization.
> >
> > My simple request is for a way I can tweak something
> > in gnumeric to stop this behavior?  A long term
> > solution would be of course to add a "Close" button.
>
> This is enhancement request
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=331556
> you may want to add your comments to that report.

Wow.  I just looked at the above enhancement request.
It has been ignored for 6 years.  Is there any reason
I should think my input likely to get this fixed ?


> > I don't mind rebuilding gnumeric from source. I don't
> > know the Python language and don't have time to learn
> > it, but I'm sure I could apply a patch.
>
> Gnumeric is written in C, not python.

I assumed the graphical code was coded in an interpreted
language rather than C.  I know C quite well.  If you
point me to the right file, I will give a shot at a
submitting a patch.

I grep'd thru the src directory but didn't get any
meaningful hits on the keywords I tried.  I think it
should be easy to make the changes without understanding
the overall structure of gnumeric.

BTW, I like gnumeric a lot better than the star office
derivatives and only want to see it improved.

Ray