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	Benson	2009-02-23 , 21:17
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Originally Posted by BrentDC

Code:

def shorten_text(self, variable_holding_text):
    if len(variable_holding_text) > 15:
        new_variable = variable_holding_text[0:15] + " ..."
    return new_variable

Extremely easy!

Or:

Code:

def shorten_text(self, variable_holding_text):
    if len(variable_holding_text) > 18:
        new_variable = variable_holding_text[0:15] + " ..."
    return new_variable

After all, if you can hold 15 chars with " ..." you can hold at least 17, and usually 18, chars without.

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	bongo	2009-02-23 , 21:17
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Originally Posted by Bundyo

Yes, xbel support is planned.

That's good news.

Could you please implement a temporary solution to delete/edit bookmarks?

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	Bundyo	2009-02-23 , 21:33
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I've already did add removing bookmarks using the star when there is bookmark already. I have some things yet to do before the next release though.

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	BrentDC	2009-02-23 , 21:37
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Originally Posted by Benson

Or:
Code:
def shorten_text(self, variable_holding_text):
    if len(variable_holding_text) > 18:
        new_variable = variable_holding_text[0:15] + " ..."
    return new_variable
After all, if you can hold 15 chars with " ..." you can hold at least 17, and usually 18, chars without.

True, True. This is really something that should be changeable in the settings (which should be a Control Panel applet. K, TrueJournals?

).

I have a programming rule: if I find myself putting an arbitrary hard-coded value into my program, chances are it should be user-configurable.

So, shorten_text version 2:

Code:

def shorten_text(self, variable_holding_text):
    settings = self.get_settings() # a function to get all user settings. This should be a list.
    if len(variable_holding_text) > settings['title_length']:
        end_length = settings['title_length'] - 3
        new_variable = variable_holding_text[0:end_length] + " ..."
    return new_variable

I think that'll work. Never tested using a variable as a slice index, though... (translated, it'll cause you plugin to silently fail like all problems with Python hildon-desktop plugins do).

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	Bundyo	2009-02-23 , 21:47
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Btw, these changes to the Tear bookmarks remove the need for VBox and look good on the dark Echo background (also add left alignment):

Code:

       for row in self.c:
             menuitem = gtk.ImageMenuItem()
             label = gtk.Label("")
             label.set_markup("<span color='#7090BA'><b>"+self.html_escape(str(row[1]))+"</b></span>\n<span foreground='#FFF'>%s</span>" % row[2])
             label.set_alignment(0, 0)
             menuitem.add(label)
             self.menu.append(menuitem)
             menuitem.connect('activate',self.open_url,row[2])

       #menu_item = gtk.SeparatorMenuItem()
       #self.menu.append(menu_item)

Right now i'm directly using white for the bookmark url, but if we can get the theme fg color will be best. I tried with

Code:

fgcolor = menu_item.get_child().get_style().text[0]

and with

Code:

scheme = gtk.Object(gtk.Settings().get_default()).get("gtk-color-scheme")

But I'm not very good with Python and even less with Hildon Desktop and wasn't able to see the error messages which I was getting to check what I'm receiving. Maybe someone else can take it from here?

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	bongo	2009-02-23 , 22:38
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Originally Posted by Bundyo

I've already did add removing bookmarks using the star when there is bookmark already. I have some things yet to do before the next release though.

Doesn't work for me. I use 0.3pre4 ...

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	Bundyo	2009-02-23 , 22:39
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Its not released

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	BrentDC	2009-02-23 , 22:45
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Originally Posted by Bundyo

Btw, these changes to the Tear bookmarks remove the need for VBox and look good on the dark Echo background (also add left alignment):
Code:
 for row in self.c:
 menuitem = gtk.ImageMenuItem()
 label = gtk.Label("")
 label.set_markup(""+self.html_escape(str(row[1]))+"\n%s" % row[2])
 label.set_alignment(0, 0)
 menuitem.add(label)
 self.menu.append(menuitem)
 menuitem.connect('activate',self.open_url,row[2])

 #menu_item = gtk.SeparatorMenuItem()
 #self.menu.append(menu_item)
Right now i'm directly using white for the bookmark url, but if we can get the theme fg color will be best. I tried with
Code:
fgcolor = menu_item.get_child().get_style().text[0]
and with
Code:
scheme = gtk.Object(gtk.Settings().get_default()).get("gtk-color-scheme")
But I'm not very good with Python and even less with Hildon Desktop and wasn't able to see the error messages which I was getting to check what I'm receiving. Maybe someone else can take it from here?

Python hildon-desktop applets/plugins always silently fail. At least on the device (I hear you can get the debug text on scratchbox...if I can ever get it installed).

I'll take a look at it later and see if I can figure out how to do it.

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	bongo	2009-02-23 , 22:56
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Originally Posted by Bundyo

Its not released

Might be the reason ...

I had an other thought about the bookmark manager: what about mer? The microb manager won't be there so maybe we need a new one.

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	Bundyo	2009-02-23 , 23:00
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Yeah, you're right, ask me for a project join if you have an urge to do it

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