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diff --git a/help/devel/ChangeLog b/help/devel/ChangeLog index f536dde88d..85b7341bf0 100644 --- a/help/devel/ChangeLog +++ b/help/devel/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,15 @@ +2000-12-18 Federico Mena Quintero <federico@helixcode.com> + + * calendar/alarm-generation.sgml: New file with a description of + the algorithm used to generate alarm instances. + + * evolution-devel-guide.sgml: Added an entity for the above + chapter. + + * calendar/evolution-calendar.sgml: Reference the entity here. + + * calendar/Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Added alarm-generation.sgml. + 2000-12-13 Larry Ewing <lewing@helixcode.com> * calendar/Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): make it public-reference.sgml diff --git a/help/devel/calendar/Makefile.am b/help/devel/calendar/Makefile.am index 66c3436d59..207672f303 100644 --- a/help/devel/calendar/Makefile.am +++ b/help/devel/calendar/Makefile.am @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ SUBDIRS = cal-client cal-util EXTRA_DIST = \ + alarm-generation.sgml \ architecture.sgml \ evolution-calendar.sgml \ public-reference.sgml diff --git a/help/devel/calendar/alarm-generation.sgml b/help/devel/calendar/alarm-generation.sgml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..60bc78343e --- /dev/null +++ b/help/devel/calendar/alarm-generation.sgml @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ + <chapter id="calendar-alarm-generation"> + <title>How the Wombat generates alarm instances</title> + + <para> + This chapter describes the algorithm that the &Wombat; uses + internally to generate instances of a calendar component's + alarms. You do not need to read this chapter if you are simply + using the client-side functions. + </para> + + <sect1 id="what-makes-up-an-alarm-trigger"> + <title>What makes up an alarm trigger</title> + + <para> + VTODO and VEVENT calendar components can have any number of + alarms defined for them. Each alarm has a trigger + specification, an alarm type (display, audio, email, or + procedure), and data corresponding to the alarm type. The + Wombat side of things is interested only in the trigger + specification, since this is all that the Wombat needs to + produce alarm instances. + </para> + + <para> + An alarm trigger can be relative or absolute. Relative + triggers occur a certain time before or after the start or end + of a calendar component's occurrence. For example, you could + configure a trigger to notify you 15 minutes before an + appointment starts, so that you can get to its location on + time; or another one to notify you 5 minutes after another + person's meeting has ended, so that you can call that person + on the phone after the meeting and not disturb him while + there. Absolute triggers occur at a specific point in time; + you can configure an alarm to trigger exactly at a particular + date and time that has no relation to the component's + occurrences at all. + </para> + </sect1> + + <sect1 id="generating-trigger-instances"> + <title>Generating trigger instances</title> + + <para> + + </para> + </sect1> + </chapter> + +<!-- +Local variables: +mode: sgml +sgml-parent-document: ("../evolution-devel-guide.sgml" "book" "part" "") +End: +--> diff --git a/help/devel/calendar/evolution-calendar.sgml b/help/devel/calendar/evolution-calendar.sgml index 82015689ec..019fef9ea4 100644 --- a/help/devel/calendar/evolution-calendar.sgml +++ b/help/devel/calendar/evolution-calendar.sgml @@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ </partintro> &calendar-architecture; + &calendar-alarm-generation; </part> <!-- diff --git a/help/devel/evolution-devel-guide.sgml b/help/devel/evolution-devel-guide.sgml index d0988eb1aa..0798375c98 100644 --- a/help/devel/evolution-devel-guide.sgml +++ b/help/devel/evolution-devel-guide.sgml @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ <!ENTITY evolution-calendar SYSTEM "calendar/evolution-calendar.sgml"> <!ENTITY calendar-architecture SYSTEM "calendar/architecture.sgml"> +<!ENTITY calendar-alarm-generation SYSTEM "calendar/alarm-generation.sgml"> <!ENTITY calendar-public-reference SYSTEM "calendar/public-reference.sgml"> <!ENTITY CalClient SYSTEM "calendar/cal-client/sgml/cal-client.sgml"> <!ENTITY CalComponent SYSTEM "calendar/cal-util/sgml/cal-component.sgml"> |