Re: PrayerTime Library

["Ahmad Twaijry" <msx at hush dot com>]

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I agree with you Nadim

We need a command-line program (prayert)

because right now 'prayert' is just a small example in how to use the
library

I hope if Thamer have the time to do it


On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 15:13:51 -0800 Nadim Shaikli <shaikli at yahoo dot com>
wrote:
>Salam all - I wanted to commend and congratulate Thamer and Ahmad.T
>for a job well done.  Your PrayerTime code works very well - I tried
>it for a couple of places and was VERY impressed.
>
>  http://cvs.arabeyes.org/viewcvs/projects/itl/libs/PrayerTime/
>
>I have a couple of notes with regard to its command-line user interface
>(this would be mostly directed to you Thamer),
>
> 1. Currently to enter one's location one has to modify the prayert.c
>    file and recompile.
>
>    It would be best if 'prayert',
>
>        A. Allowed for command-line options
>           -city "strings here"
>           -lat "number"
>           -lon "number"
>           -UTCdiff "number"  (if not presented use `date`)
>           -date "number"     (if not presented use `date`)
>           ...others...
>
>           You could also offer a preselected list of cities and
>then
>           simply allow the user to enter just -city.
>
>        B. Allowed a user to define a file for inclusion (or even
>a
>           ~/.prayerc file) which would contain all those settings.
>
>        C. Allow the user to pick between military time (ie. 14:00
>vs.
>           2pm) among various minor options
>
>        D. Offer a man page which explains all the above and details
>           the format of the .prayerc file
>
> 2. The code as it stands now is not really a library.  The API
>and
>    the variable passing and access needs a bit more tightening
>(such
>    as access to n1/n2/n3, etc).  In other words, be more explicit
>    with your what is passed-in and what is passed-back.  I'm no
>    expert on library creation, but thought I'd point it out in
>case
>    there was agreement to seek some help on how to best package
>    the library.
>
>Hope this makes sense and GREAT work BTW, keep it up !!!
>
>Salam.
>
> - Nadim
>
>
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