Re: [Health-dev] [task #14727] Implement Action and Command codes - The GNU Health Command Line

[Luis Falcon]

Hi Axel !
On Thu, 11 Jan 2018 22:02:41 +0100
Axel Braun <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hi Luis,
> 
> Am Donnerstag, 11. Januar 2018, 18:10:24 CET schrieb Luis Falcon:
>  
> > Please take a look at the following screenshot, which summarizes
> > the concept of the GNU Health Command Line, the Activity Log and
> > the status, new features for the upcoming 3.4 series.
> > 
> > https://i.imgur.com/POOI8e7.png  
> 
> Nice......
>  

Thanks :)

> > * GNU Health Command Line (CLI): You can see it at the bottom left
> > corner, with the dark cyan background and white font for the
> > command.  
> 
> As already discussed, for ergonomical PoV I feel it is better at the
> top - there you are mostly with the mouse
>  

Sure, we can try different positions for the widget. I think either top
or bottom, but both on the left side.

> > The GNU Health command line is *very* useful, and it will allow most
> > operations without the need of the menu, increasing productivity.  
> 
> No doubt!
> I wonder if we have a prefix like
> /n - new activity in same (active) window
> /o - new activity on new window
>  
On Tryton we already have tabs (notebook), so probably there is no
need, but we can check.

> > In this example, we invoke the SYSINFO command, that will bring up
> > relevant information from the client and the server.
> > 
> > * Activity Log Window : That is the separate window that you see at
> > the left side of the screen. As I explained in other task summary
> > (see https://savannah.gnu.org/task/?14805#comment0) it  registers
> > events and some command outputs (as in the case of SYSINFO).  
> 
> definitely helpful if you need to give support and need info about
> the environment (as in the case of SYSINFO).
> 

Absolutely. No more asking endless questions to the user about the
running environment :)


> > * Status area : This is the section on the right side of the CLI.
> > It will display some events, always in a summarized way. In this
> > example shows the connection status ("Connected").  
> 
> and it will scroll through (as in the Log window) and displays the
> latest info?
>  

Initially no. That is for the Log window, but we can show the latest
message header. Again, we can see what can we include. It should be
simple and light.

> > Let me know your thoughts and suggestions are most welcome.  
> 
> That will definitely be a great improvement for the client. If you
> got used to it, as in the SAP world, you will not miss it anymore.
> (and if you have not used it so far, you may not grab the value in
> the first glance)
> 

True :) IMHO, it makes a huge difference in experience and productivity.

> Great job, let me know if I can support somehow
> 

Thanks a lot for all the feedback & support !

Bests
Luis
 

> Best
> Axel
>