Thanks Larry, I'm created an Issue (Issue 10) to summarize this discussion.
Unfortunately I don't have the experience with javascript and browser- based applications to investigate this. OTOH, FWIW (not much!) I'm happy to test and help debug any changes :) --J On Sep 14, 2008, at 12:28 PM, LarryK wrote: > > Hi James, > > The change in layout was introduced as part of the changes from ver 1 > to ver 2. (Before my time.) > > David H discusses it here: > http://groups.google.com/group/simile-widgets/browse_thread/thread/76d0e3469d6b7858 > and here > http://groups.google.com/group/simile-widgets/browse_thread/thread/e2333616479dc63d/ > > It sounds like it is a tricky problem overall. My guess though is that > the use of the rows could be reversed as you mention in your post. > > My suggestions: > #1, Most important, please file this issue as a bug in the issue > tracker. Please include the references to David's messages above. That > way we won't lose sight of the issue. > > #2, If you want to investigate the issue further yourself, you'll need > to go spelunking through the source of the event painter code. You can > use svn to compare the differences between the files. However, as > David mentions, there was a fundamental design change as part of the > ver 2 work. My suggestion is to ignore the v1 files and focus on > understanding how the v2 painter lays outs the events. > > Please keep us informed on your progress. > > Thanks, > > Larry > > > > > On Sep 12, 11:25 pm, James Howison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> Working with SVN I noticed that the layout is a little different than >> the MIT hosted files. >> >> For one thing, my titles aren't truncated, and wrap to other lines. >> >> More importantly, events that overlap, and so get moved to different >> parts of the layout, are reversed, in the sense that the lower events >> start earlier. Using mit the higher events start earlier, which >> looks >> more natural. Hmmm, this stuff is hard to describe :) >> >> eg: with MIT (and my preferred) >> >> Event 1 >> Event 2 >> Event 3 >> >> with SVN: >> >> Event 3 >> Event 2 >> Event 1 >> >> I saw this same behavior with LarryK's zooming example and all the >> examples running Jetty and SVN. >> >> Any ideas? >> >> Also have some defaults, perhaps trackHeight and trackGap, changed >> between MIT and SVN? >> >> Thanks, >> James > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SIMILE Widgets" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/simile-widgets?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
