[kdepim-users] Editing a recurring appointment

[Ákos Szederjei]

On Friday 12 December 2008 23:12:47 Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Friday 12 December 2008 21:47:35 Ákos Szederjei wrote:
> > On Friday 12 December 2008 21:29:43 Anne Wilson wrote:
> > > On Friday 12 December 2008 20:21:06 Ákos Szederjei wrote:
> > > > On Friday 12 December 2008 19:54:42 Art Alexion wrote:
> > > > > On Friday 12 December 2008 10:07:06 am Anne Wilson wrote:
> > > > > > I have a weekly appointment, for which the time will change in
> > > > > > the New Year. I can't find any way to change forward times only,
> > > > > > leaving previous ones unchanged.  If this is true I would call it
> > > > > > a bug, and report it. Am I missing something?
> > > > >
> > > > > I am going to make a guess here, based solely on my experience with
> > > > > Palm Pilots and how they handle that.  If you make a change to a
> > > > > recurring appointment in the Palm, it asks you whether you want to
> > > > > change (1) all, (2) that instance, or (3) this and all future
> > > > > occurrences.  If you use (3) it actually terminates the original
> > > > > recurrence and creates a new recurring appointment with the change.
> > > > > If you choose (2) it creates 3 appointments, the original
> > > > > terminated just before the changed one, the changed one, and a new
> > > > > recurring one starting with the next one after the changed one.
> > > > >
> > > > > To the extent this is not implemented in kontact, you can do it
> > > > > manually. Duplicate the appointment.  Edit one copy and terminate
> > > > > it at the end of the year.  Edit the other one with a new time and
> > > > > to begin at the first of the year.
> > > > >
> > > > > Hope this helps.
> > > >
> > > > Kontact does something similar.
> > > > In the case of 2 it creates an excetpion (no appointment at that
> > > > date) and allows the user to modify that single appointment.
> > > > We do not have a case for 3, except to do the same thing manually.ű
> > > >
> > > > Ákos
> > >
> > > Ákos, thank you for discussing this with us.  It does help in the
> > > understanding of the 'nuts and bolts' of the application :-)
> > >
> > > Anne
> >
> > A pleasure...
> >
> > Actually it is a conceptual question. There is no right answer, because
> > both approaches has advantages and drawbacks.
> >
> > I played around with Kontact's calendar and it seems to me that the
> > appointments use the time range as basic reference, while in Lotus I
> > assume it is the name.
> >
> > For example: Dancing lesson - 17:00-18:30 - every Monday.
> >
> > In Kontact you can change everything and the reoccuring appointments
> > remain together (as repeating occurrence), EXCEPT the time 17:00-18:30.
> > As long the time 17:00-18:30 there is no problem. Change the time (except
> > having exception, which we can set) and the "chain of appointments" break
> > as discussed above. This solution is logical, easy to grasp, but
> > cumbersome in some cases.
> >
> > Now in Lotus they may have set the name of the appointment as a common
> > value. We can change everything in any of the reoccuring appointments,
> > BUT the name. So as long we the name Dancig lesson it remains  chained
> > together. This is logical and flexible, but very difficult to visualise
> > in an easy to use way. Imagine having  Dancing lesson as a repeating
> > event for 3 years while the regular time changed three times, had 7
> > exceptions, etc. How do you handle them? Have them listed under the
> > appointment if it opens up? Where and how to indicate that that (or the
> > other) appointments are exceptions?
> >
> > Coming back to the question, yes I can imagine a situation where the
> > "Lotus- like" version is convenient. Actually I just have such a case...
> > But on the long run it will become too detailed and difficult to
> > overview.
> >
> > Again, my main problem is how to  presentation the information in
> > acceptable way. Any ideas?
>
> Do you mean how to get this information known and understood?  I would be
> happy to help with a section in http://userbase.kde.org/KOrganizer, either
> on the main page or on a linked troubleshooting page - maybe Q & A format?
> explaining why it is problematic and suggesting the best way of dealing
> with it, if you would be willing to give it the eye when I've done it, and
> check that it is explained clearly.
>
> Would that help?
>
> Anne

Sure, I gladly help. Except between the 20th and New Year I will be away, but 
otherwise no problem.

I meant the Lotus like implementation. I think it is difficult to implement in a 
smooth way, if there are several changes to a reoccuring event.

Ákos
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