Add fancy date format option to KLocale

[David Jarvie]

On Sunday 08 April 2007 16:25:53 Tom Albers wrote:
> Op zo 8 apr 2007 16:13 schreef u:
> > On Sunday 08 April 2007 15:44:21 Allen Winter wrote:
> > > On Sunday 08 April 2007 9:38:52 am David Jarvie wrote:
> > > > On Sunday 08 April 2007 02:02:24 Andreas Hartmetz wrote:
> > > > > Hmmm, ColloquialDate or similar might be a better name for
> > > > > FancyDate. Ignore me on that one if you know better because English
> > > > > is your mother tongue, or because I don't know enough about the
> > > > > issue [i.e. what one can infer from the mail thread].
> > > >
> > > > Yes, I think ColloquialDate is a better name.
> > >
> > > But it sounds so ... formal.
> > > If i saw a control center or kmail option for "Colloquial Date" I'd
> > > probably gag :)
> >
> > Hey, programming is formal. You could call it "Cool date" in the UI and
> > the enum wouldn't care at all :)
> > Btw, the "funny" mode of the standard kicker clock is called "colloquial
> > time" in the German localized version.
> >
> > > I think Fancy is fine.
> >
> > Both names are essentially fine.
> > No use in spending more time on this. There are other bikesheds that need
> > some paint =)
> >
> > > -Allen
>
> I never heard of Colloquial and if I was reading api documentation I would
> probably skip that option. so if used, please provide clear explanation,
> although with code readability in mind, I'ld go for fancy.

I think especially in view of this comment that I'll go for fancy after all - 
unless somebody can think of anything more colloquial that fits better ;)

-- 
David Jarvie.
KAlarm author and maintainer.
http://www.astrojar.org.uk/kalarm