[pilot-db-list] some ideas

[Fabrice N. <fab...@no...>]

Hi,

Thanks for this great app!
using pilotdb (1.1b2) for a couple a months, I have some suggestions, yet not
the time to start to implement them. I may have missed some obvious tricks,
so feel free to comment these ideas!

1. "set" instruction
It would be nice if one could use scripts to set fields. For instance,
I have a todo-list database. I would like to ease my work using views:
a normal view and a special "to be done today" view. With a script, I
would like to be able to set the deadline to today when I create a new
record using the "to be done today" view.

2. copy-paste in note fields
I am not able to use copy-paste in note fields. Doing this would be
quite convenient.

3. Title and note fields
I do not fully understand the "make first line title" checkbox. When
I check this while writing a note, it works. But the status of this
checkbox does not seem to be stored anywhere thus creating some 
synchronisation issues. 
So I would rather prefer to have in the note field a  first line
labelled "title" which I could fill or not.

Moreover it is difficult to know whether a note is empty or not. Wouldn't
it be possible to have something to show that?

4. link with Datebook and Todolist
I enjoy the addressbook plugin and would appreciate the above-mentioned
plugins as well!

5. Bug-report?
Using a list component, with defaults value A, B and C, I can create
numerous records and run a "report" on this field. Say 8 A, 4 B, 3 C, 0 Other.
I add then another possible value "D" to the list field, rebuild the 
database. Then adding 1 "D" record and running report again.
It reports 8 A, 4 B, 3 C and 1 Other. 
Rescanning the base does not help.

  Fabrice