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Can't think of the word - Increments maybe?
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 12:54 pm
by Luke
OK, in my calendar system, I'm implementing a recurring event system. On almost all (if not all) types of recurring event, you have to specify what the
increments are. I believe increments is the wrong word, but that's what I'm using. I need some help on what to call this. Here are a few examples:
This event happens every BLANK days
This event happens every BLANK months on the 23rd
This event happens every BLANK weeks on Friday
This event happens every BLANK months on the 3rd sunday of the month
What would be BLANK part be called? Increments?

Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 12:55 pm
by RobertGonzalez
Interval.
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 12:56 pm
by Luke

you da man
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 12:57 pm
by RobertGonzalez
I know. I give til it hurts.

Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 1:02 pm
by Luke
well since you are so good, here's another one:
This event happens every 3 months on the BLANK (23rd of the month OR third wednesday of the month)
This event happens every BLANK weeks on BLANK (mon-sun)
What would you call this blank?
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 1:05 pm
by Kieran Huggins
you guys crack me up
in Sunbird they use the format:
occurs: [daily. weekly, monthly, annually]
every (x days) | (x weeks on [SMTWTFS]) | (x months on the [Y|second Tuesday] of the month) | (x years)
repeat [forever| X times | until]
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 1:06 pm
by RobertGonzalez
This event happens every 3 months on the BLANK (23rd of the month OR third wednesday of the month)
Personally, I would use scheduled for this one.
This event happens every BLANK weeks on BLANK (mon-sun)
Repeats - Selected day
EDIT | (not so sure about Repeats here, I am still thinking about this...)
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 1:06 pm
by Luke
Kieran Huggins wrote:you guys crack me up
why would I call it that??

Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 1:09 pm
by RobertGonzalez
This event repeats weekly (monthly, daily) on a selected day.
I like this one better.
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 1:10 pm
by Kieran Huggins
man - you guys are fast.. I just edited my earlier post
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 1:10 pm
by Luke
I'm not sure what you mean.

Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 1:13 pm
by Kieran Huggins
there's a repeat checkbox that activates a "set pattern" button that opens an "Edit Recurrence" dialog... surely there's a decent word in there
It would be nice if it were a little clearer I suppose...
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 1:27 pm
by Luke
I'm trying to emulate the interface from Mozilla Sunbird. Is that where you got that wordage%AC

Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 1:58 pm
by Kieran Huggins
sort of - I use the "lightning" addon in thunderbird - it's essentially Sunbird.
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 3:43 pm
by RobertGonzalez
Wordage... nice. I say since you are making up you should make your own words for your descriptors.
Repeatance, reocurrancing, eventries, intervalances, patternified... Man, someone stop me I am on a roll!