Hi Bogdan,

On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 16:31, Bogdan Marinov <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello to all.
>
> Some time ago Timothy Reaves added a Greek character keyboard to the
> Search window and showed the "go to position" controls that had been
> hidden after a previous text. The result didn't look very good and
> broke the way search results were selected (with the Tab key). As
> code-in-development it was OK, but someone (Alexander Wolf?) marked
> the "search-goto-redesign" blueprint as "implemented", despite the
> condition of the code and the fact that the original blueprint had
> raised some other issues.
> https://blueprints.launchpad.net/stellarium/+spec/search-go-to-redesign
>
> I've tried to fix the most obvious problems:
> http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~stellarium/stellarium/trunk/revision/4888

Thanks!

> I've split the two separate "go to" functions into different tabs and
> the Tab key can be used again to browse the search results. I've also
> moved some of the controls around for more clarity and consistency.
> (Note that the SIMBAD status label is visible now, so perhaps it's
> time to think of better status strings.)
>
> *I'd like a native speaker to review the strings, especially the window 
> title.*
>
> I'm going to continue to work on this:
> - I'll try to "fold" the Greek keyboard in a separate widget that can
> be opened with a button. (good/bad idea?)

I think it would be better yes.

> - I'll add a label describing the other way of entering Greek letters.
> - I'll try to make the Greek letter name entry translatable.
> - I'll improve the SIMBAD status strings and make them translatable
> (if they are not).

Sounds good.

> - I may add another pair of coordinate entry fields, for the JNow epoch.

OK, maybe optional, otherwise standard user will not understand the difference.
Fab

> Any comments and other ideas?
>
> Regards,
> Bogdan Marinov
>
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