Bug#425878: kicker: clockapplet doesn't step through timezones properly when clock type is fuzzy
Package: kicker
Version: 4:3.5.5a.dfsg.1-6
Severity: normal
Many thanks for the clock applet, it's very nice.
When clock type is 'fuzzy', there's a bug with the timezones feature.
The bug doesn't happen with the other clock types.
If you step to the next timezone (by clicking the middle mouse button),
the display changes to "Twelve o'clock". It stays like that until the end
of the current minute, when the fuzzy string is updated correctly.
If you click at just the right moment (or the wrong moment!) you can even
produce an unreadable string with part or "Twelve o'clock" over-writing part
of a different string.
I suggest that it would be better to generate a new fuzzy string as soon as
the timezone is changed, rather than waiting until the minute is over.
(This shouldn't be hard to do. For example, when you change clock type from
digital to fuzzy, the correct fuzzy string is generated immediately.)
For the record, I attach ~/.kde/share/config/clockappletrc
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-686
Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Versions of packages kicker depends on:
ii kdebase-data 4:3.5.5a.dfsg.1-6 shared data files for the KDE base
ii kdelibs4c2a 4:3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8 core libraries and binaries for al
ii libacl1 2.2.41-1 Access control list shared library
ii libart-2.0-2 2.3.17-1 Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii libattr1 2.4.32-1 Extended attribute shared library
ii libaudio2 1.8-4 The Network Audio System (NAS). (s
ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libfam0 2.7.0-12 Client library to control the FAM
ii libfontconfig1 2.4.2-1.2 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.2.1-5 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libgcc1 1:4.1.1-21 GCC support library
ii libice6 1:1.0.1-2 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libidn11 0.6.5-1 GNU libidn library, implementation
ii libjpeg62 6b-13 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG
ii libkonq4 4:3.5.5a.dfsg.1-6 core libraries for Konqueror
ii libpng12-0 1.2.15~beta5-1 PNG library - runtime
ii libqt3-mt 3:3.3.7-4 Qt GUI Library (Threaded runtime v
ii libsm6 1:1.0.1-3 X11 Session Management library
ii libstdc++6 4.1.1-21 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libx11-6 2:1.0.3-7 X11 client-side library
ii libxau6 1:1.0.1-2 X11 authorisation library
ii libxcomposite1 1:0.3-3 X11 Composite extension library
ii libxcursor1 1.1.7-4 X cursor management library
ii libxext6 1:1.0.1-2 X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii libxfixes3 1:4.0.1-5 X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio
ii libxft2 2.1.8.2-8 FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii libxi6 1:1.0.1-4 X11 Input extension library
ii libxinerama1 1:1.0.1-4.1 X11 Xinerama extension library
ii libxrandr2 2:1.1.0.2-5 X11 RandR extension library
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.1-3 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii libxt6 1:1.0.2-2 X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii libxtst6 1:1.0.1-5 X11 Testing -- Resource extension
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-13 compression library - runtime
kicker recommends no packages.
-- no debconf information
[Analog]
LCD_Style=true
Show_Date=false
Show_Seconds=true
[Calendar]
Size=239,175
[Date]
Font=helvetica,11,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0
[Digital]
Blink=false
LCD_Style=true
Show_Date=true
Show_Seconds=false
[Fuzzy]
Font=helvetica,11,-1,5,0,0,0,0,0,0
Fuzzyness=1
Show_Date=true
[General]
Initial_TZ=1
RemoteZones=Asia/Tokyo,Australia/Darwin,Australia/Eucla,Australia/Sydney,Europe/Berlin,Europe/London,Europe/Zurich,Pacific/Auckland
Type=Fuzzy
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