tedit development and design discussion

danfro

@domubpkm you are not wrong here.

So (you and others): how many files do you have in tedit? Thinking about performance. Sorting in qml is likely easier but c++ is more performant for larger number of files?

a) less than 100 files
b) 100 to 500 files
c) 500 to 1000 files
d) 1000+ files

messayisto

@danfro a is my answer

domubpkm

@danfro b) This suggests that having a file count indicator might be good too

danfro

@domubpkm like the already existing text at the top of the file list saying how many files where found?

domubpkm

@danfro It already exists! A simple light bolding will suffice!

danfro

@domubpkm not that simple. Either we use html tags withing the text, which makes it cloggy for translations (I generally try to avoid that for this reason) or splitting up the text into two separate labels, then loosing context for translation, because its two separate strings.
I would not make the whole text bold.
Since the number is a %1 placeholder, only "bolding" that by making it <b>%1</b> might be the least bad regarding translations. Still not ideal.

domubpkm

@danfro I was not enough accurate : indeed i spoke of the number only : a little more in bold (maybe).

ma

I use less then 100 files.

danfro

@domubpkm Yes, I understood it that way. I just wanted to explain why even this isn't "simple" codewise.

Thanks for your replies regarding number of files. So I did try a few things and decided to separate the number from the text. Now here everyone can test the latest build with bold number and sorting option for files :
https://gitlab.com/Danfro/tedit/-/jobs/14451001364/artifacts/file/build/aarch64-linux-gnu/app/tedit.danfro_3.7.0_arm64.click

@ma that will solve the sorting problem quite well I hope.

Please let me know any issues, so I can release this soon.

domubpkm

@danfro Thanks. Unless I misinterpret it, it seems that the sorting by date is reversed: ascending is in fact descending and vice versa.