[kronolith] Re: Reimplement column spanning in DayView and WeekView(commit please)

[Jeroen Huinink]

"Chuck Hagenbuch" <chuck@horde.org> wrote:
> Quoting Jeroen Huinink <j.huinink@wanadoo.nl>:
>
> > While working on the side-by-side DayView and WeekView I noticed some
> > problems with the current column spanning algorithm that causes
> > possible problems when there are different numbers of events in
> > different rows. The problem is obvious in the weekview. Because events
> > from one day run into the next day.
>
> I'll try and take a look at this when I get a chance, but can you specify
a
> scenario that generates problems? I know the current algorithm isn't very
> well documented, but it's been tested for a few years, works really well,
> and generates elegant output. We've debugged a lot of kinks out of it; I'd
> rather not toss it away without a good reason.

The scenario is rather simple:
Add 2 events that run from 8 am - 9 am.
Add 3 events that run from 9 am - 10 am.
It's not that obvious in the dayview, but if you switch to week view, you
should see that the columns are off.
(I ran this scenario in HEAD).

Regards,
Jeroen