pimutils/khal

Allow viewing calendar with proportional times

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#311 opened on Dec 15, 2015

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help wantedtype: enhancement

Description

This is closely related to issue #251 (week view). As part of the week view, proportional times should be implemented. That is, time will be "to scale" on the vertical axis, as will the duration of the events. Hence, an event that lasts four hours will take twice the number of rows as an event that takes two hours. This makes visually parsing days much easier, as per these comments.

In addition to supplying a week view that works with proportional times, it's be useful to allow showing an arbitrary number of days, such as four days in a row.

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Tech stack
python
Domain
cli
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
over 1 week
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
mostly clear
Prerequisites
Familiarity with PythonUnderstanding of khal's calendar view system
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
20
Research direction
Examine the existing week view implementation in issue #251 and the current calendar UI code in khal. Review the comments referenced in the issue (https://github.com/geier/khal/issues/65#issuecomment 132464366) for design details. Identify where time scaling is handled and how events are rendered, then plan a proportional layout that dynamically adjusts row height based on event duration.