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[Digi_Al]

Hi,

I really like WebCollab's simple interface and code
style but it lacks some features i would like and
require, and therefore I am planning to implement them
into it, but before i get started i would like to know
if anyone else has thought about these features and
have done something similar?

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I will also simpleify the interface a bit too - remove
menu boxes i dont want etc - i might do this on a user
options basis though - so they can easily be turned on
/ off.

Has anyone else contributed to the project at all?

Thanks,

Alan.

[Andrew Simpson]

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I am always happy to be sent patches / files of changes
made. Patches generally get incorporated into the code, if
I think they are of benefit to a wide range of WebCollab
users (I get a lot of requests for features of narrow
interest, or personalised to some particular group).

Patches / ideas are all acknowledged in the Changelog -
unless I lose track of things ;-)

You would be best to do a Check Out from the WebCollab CVS.
The last few weeks have been code optimising, squashing
some niggling bugs and reformatting code to avoid a coding
style problem that was leading to bugs...

I have not been incorporating much new work of late (there
is a very interesting calendar patch outstanding). I hope
to look at that soon.

[Digi_Al]

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Can you describe what coding
style problems were which was leading to bugs? So i can
avoid them.

I will do a check out from the CVS and add my changes to
that - how are patches made to your code, if i do a diff
will that be enough?

thanks.

[Andrew Simpson]

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The problem was single line if statements like this:

if(condition)
$x = 'y';
$a = 'b';

which is now all changed to:

if(condition) {
$x = 'y';
}
$a = 'b';

During later edits first form is easy to overlook. This
leads to coding errors that don't give runtime error
messages, but do give unintended results.

And yes, diffs are fine.