Re: [Gnumed-devel] customization docs

[Karsten Hilbert]

On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 07:59:30AM +0200, Gour wrote:

> Karsten> As far as allergies go the don't take up any screen real estate
> Karsten> that cannot be reused another way. Just don't record any. They
> Karsten> don't get in your way.
> 
> Aren't allergies displayed as "Caveat" on the top, right of Search-bar?

That's true. However, that field is intended to be used for
other Caveats, too.

> Karsten> In the case of allergies I would regard that as a clinical
> Karsten> mis-feature to not support them.
> 
> otoh, when doing homeopathy clinic there is no use of Allergies
:-)    Not true. Have you never seen skin irritation
following topical application of alcohol ? Still others
suffer fructose, lactose, or galactose intolerance. Sugar
and alcohol both are standard diluents in homeopathy.

> and same is with counselling therapy,
Not true either, particularly since the field is going to
display other "Therapeutic Precautions", too.

> so the request isn't not to support
> allergies, but being able to 'disable' them for the (non-GP) practice
> where they do not play any role.
I understand the request but I dispute the merit of its foundation.

> If I choose it, why not, although I'd probably still used English
> version, but then I'd still like to change some of the fields name as
> they are displayed on the screen ;)
It is easy enough. Just tell me if you want to start
translating.

> >> p.s. What do you think about putting GNUmed list on Gmane?
> Karsten> I am not sure what advantage we would gain from that ?
> 
> It does not cost anything and enables users to watch ml without the
> hassle of subscribing to it by merely selecting appropriate newsgroup in
> news reader.
I see. Sure, why not ?  Feel free to go ahead. I seem to
remember SourceForge recently terminated there usenet feed
due to low usage.

Karsten
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