Toby Cubitt <ts...@cantab.net> writes: > How do I produce the format "5 h 32 min" with your defcustom, without > requiring the user to define their own function? (Assuming that 'regular > produces the current default "5:32" format.)
Why "without defining their own function"? My proposal was to use functions instead of format strings to customize output. > You still need a way to allow users to supply format strings, so they can > customize the appearance of the `regular' and `decimal' formats. Your own > "5 h 32 min" and "5,3 days" examples demonstrate this. In my proposal, customizing `regular' and `decimal' format wasn't expected. > This either implies a second defcustom for the format strings, or it > implies storing both the format strings and choice of function choice in > the same defcustom. Furthermore, one format string isn't be enough > because you might want to different numbers of placeholders depending on > the duration (which is what my original patch allowed). But let's forget about it, it's a false good idea, anyway. I'm shooting myself in the foot: custom formats mean parsing hell. So either: 1. We define a new format, non customizable, but possibly conditional, which can describe a duration, in order to include days. 2. We allow customization as overlays (much like timestamps). 3. We leave it as-is. I'm not very fond of 2, so I think this whole customization problem is moot anyway. Regards, -- Nicolas Goaziou
