[Sugar-devel] [DESIGN] Changing mime type in journal details view.

[Gonzalo Odiard]

I insist. If we need a mechanism to change the mime type, maybe is better
create a activity to do it.
Expose all that options in the detail view in the Journal is not a good
idea for me.

Gonzalo


On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 11:04 PM, James Cameron <quozl at laptop.org> wrote:

> The second screenshot shows no apparent ordering for the entries in
> the Gtk.ComboBox.  Perhaps it should be sorted.
>
> On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 11:45:48PM -0200, Christofer Roibal wrote:
> > Imágenes integradas 1Imágenes integradas 2
> >
> >
> > 2013/11/25 James Cameron <quozl at laptop.org>
> >
> >     I'm fine with the change by Christofer.
> >
> >     While it is possible for a learner to change the mime type to
> >     something that cannot be managed by an activity, the risk is low,
> >     because detail view requires deliberate action to obtain, and the
> mime
> >     type can always be changed back.
> >
> >     If the risk is found to be high, then a warning can be added, or an
> >     entry at the top of the Gtk.ComboBox called "automatic" which uses
> the
> >     mime.get_for_file method.
> >
> >     Going one step further, Sugar could store the original mime type and
> >     offer that as "original".
> >
> >     On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 12:16:21PM -0300, Martin Abente Lahaye wrote:
> >     > Hello Everyone,
> >     >
> >     > Christofer Roibal, has submitted a patch [1] for changing the mime
> type
> >     of
> >     > journal entries in the details view. This idea comes from a GCI
> task [2]
> >     which
> >     > he has completed.
> >     >
> >     > What he did is replacing the Gtk.Label, that shows the mime type,
> for a
> >     > Gtk.ComboBox. The combo is set to the corresponding option when
> the entry
> >     > metadata contains a mime type, otherwise is set to a empty/blank
> option.
> >     The
> >     > combo can be used to select another mime type for that entry.
> >     >
> >     > Please share your thoughts about this change, from the functional
> and
> >     design
> >     > POVs. We need to decide whether we include it or not.
> >     >
> >     > Thanks for your time.
> >     > Saludos,
> >     > tch.
> >     >
> >     > Refs:
> >     > 1. https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar/pull/148
> >     > 2. http://www.google-melange.com/gci/task/view/google/gci2013/
> >     4601998938734592
> >     >
> >     >
> >
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