From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ihor Radchenko Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Extending timeclock.el Date: Sat, 06 May 2023 18:48:26 +0000 Message-ID: <871qjtz479.fsf@localhost> References: <861qjubmzp.fsf@disroot.org> <83ild6gc54.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="27153"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: Eli Zaretskii , John Task , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: John Wiegley Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat May 06 20:45:47 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1pvMuh-0006rO-2s for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 06 May 2023 20:45:47 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pvMuH-0004pp-7n; Sat, 06 May 2023 14:45:21 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pvMuD-0004pX-CQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 06 May 2023 14:45:17 -0400 Original-Received: from mout02.posteo.de ([185.67.36.66]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pvMuB-0002oT-Ow for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 06 May 2023 14:45:17 -0400 Original-Received: from submission (posteo.de [185.67.36.169]) by mout02.posteo.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6E98B240103 for ; Sat, 6 May 2023 20:45:14 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=posteo.net; s=2017; t=1683398714; bh=z0Cn1WBXqAHPx39l78nI9606sQkOFvAoZ5oLHKS31iY=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:From; b=X+mVVapgbty/g2tQ10Mns2VenOdZlXmDJb+yrLuRbK+AwGVeecYF3UmP4EA06srUx uSy69Hubn42qIeyDojEaWD9+J8lzrSLb2twUAXqjBCrFKnHn3yfRgzp5N6SV9rBoga qvMGAc55300mqpyZWllZp64uUMlTgdPoCNEUEPJ9aaxPntXygn8W52rGXp7PHCQZWx EFG1wb0ujKLNbHo3eIPa1ZTllNcwnkPQ4zDFACqRxqIms5VrGUQZBRcxJHLRO0rLu7 MHwzICvu5S9/9BBehlwttzxyx763/syJtKbWwdZI0uYMsRjwyvlmvs6lbYYRQyBuH2 wFm/XCIX6KR3w== Original-Received: from customer (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by submission (posteo.de) with ESMTPSA id 4QDGh94hz2z9rxG; Sat, 6 May 2023 20:45:13 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.67.36.66; envelope-from=yantar92@posteo.net; helo=mout02.posteo.de X-Spam_score_int: -43 X-Spam_score: -4.4 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.4 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:305924 Archived-At: John Wiegley writes: > If you do extend the _format_, it's likely you may break some of the other > tools that process timelog data. So if you choose to make an enriched format, > it would be useful if you provided a way to export this data back to flat > timelog form (such as by stripping comments). Then I could go from > timeclock-modern format -> timeclock format -> ledger, for example. Ideally, one should be able to customize how to parse and write the format. Then, exporting/importing will just amount for calling different writer and parser function. (AFAIU, the data is recorded using some standard internal data structure already) -- Ihor Radchenko // yantar92, Org mode contributor, Learn more about Org mode at . Support Org development at , or support my work at