[mythtv-users] Watch Recordings doesn't list size of single recording

[Nicolas Riendeau]

Hi!

On 12/12/2015 9:55 PM, R. G. Newbury wrote:
> Of course, what would make it even easier would be if the program used
> standards for some things.... like maybe even ISO standards for things
> like date and time.

We already have support to change some date formats *and* we already 
have locale files which can set them depending on where you are so we 
don't need to resort to that ISO standard which most people would not 
normally use...

> since 20151212 21:52:00 really does not need translation....

For you maybe but this would not be the format of choice for most people 
and there are a *lot* of people who prefer 12-hour format to 24-hour 
format...

I absolutely love that format but then I am a programmer...

> and shorter time periods actually could be 00:59:00 which is also clear.

Once again to you...

Just like you dislike "Today" and "Tomorrow" in the upcoming recordings 
a lot of people who dislike the choices you just made for them...

> Unfortunately, the mainline coders have used some library routines which
> make it even harder for you. So on the Upcoming Recordings page we get
> 'Today' and Tomorrow instead of the 'shortdate' 12-13 (or Sunday 12-13'.
> That "feature" is buried in the code, NOT in the theme....

I have a scoop for you, they are also planning to add ereyesterday and 
overmorrow too...

Kidding obviously...  These are obsolete words for the day before 
yesterday and the day after tomorrow...

The dev(s) which did that did not do that to bug people, they thought it 
would be better that way just like you think it would be better to use 
ISO formats which we can  understand but don't normally use...

And as far as I am concerned it should *not* be settable in the code 
*nor* in the theme, it should be made configurable by the user.

I know some of the devs do not like adding settings (my guess is that it 
soon becomes hard to know what is use for what, etc...) but things like 
that should be configurable I believe.

These settings should I think actually be configurable (and saved) from 
the page they are related to (if applicable).

Have a nice day!

Nicolas