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NEW FEATURE - Automatic Renumbering of Numbered Roles

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Re: NEW FEATURE - Automatic Renumbering of Numbered Roles

7 years 2 months ago
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I have made some updates to this feature to (hopefully) allow it to work well for more complex agendas.

In addition to supporting multiple occurrences of a numbered role or multiple "keyworded" occurrences of a numbered role (e.g., *Evaluator #1* Gives their Evaluation), it should also be able to handle more complex agenda items where it contains both a the keyworded numbered role and a reference to a numbered role in a different agenda item.

For example,
*Evaluator #1* Gives their Evaluation of Speaker #1

The askerisks make this agenda item tied to the role "Evaluator #1". However, the additional reference to "Speaker #1" should also get renumbered if you were to reorder the Speakers. For example, if you moved the current Speaker #1 to the Speaker #2 slot, you should find that the Speaker #1 reference in this agenda item also gets updated.

This is an example of what I am referring to as a "complex" agenda item for this feature... multiple numbered roles referenced in a single agenda item.

For future reference, you should always consider trying out the renumbering on a copy of your agendas that you really do not care about. I have tried to make this feature handle a number of edge use cases that I never expected to support, but for every feature I come up with to support a variety of use cases, somebody always seems to find a way to break my code. :lol: It is a good thing I like an intellectual challenge.

Remember, you are not obligated to use this feature... you can shut it off if it is not working as you expect.
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Re: NEW FEATURE - Automatic Renumbering of Numbered Roles

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Now when you reorder rows in the agenda, the code applies a temporary gold highlight (for about a second or two)i to draw your attention to what is being changed by the code. You will notice that it is also applied to the times in the left most column, as those are updated also when you reorder rows.
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Re: NEW FEATURE - Automatic Renumbering of Numbered Roles

7 years 2 months ago
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Should the check box appear where it does? For the sake of consistency and continuity perhaps it should be with the other agenda options?
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Re: NEW FEATURE - Automatic Renumbering of Numbered Roles

7 years 2 months ago
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auto renumber is at the top of the agenda when you edit an agenda.
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Re: NEW FEATURE - Automatic Renumbering of Numbered Roles

7 years 2 months ago - 7 years 2 months ago
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The agenda settings are global for everyone in the club. I am not a big fan of forcing conformity in usage except for where consistency makes sense. People use software differently and should be allowed to do so.

The auto numbering is just intended to automate something that otherwise cumbersome. Its state is saved locally on your computer, which allows it to be on or off independently for each person editing agendas in the club. Some people may want to use it, some may not. Forcing everyone in the club to use it or not use it is the wrong approach, IMHO.

This saves a wee bit of storage on the server and allows each person to use or not use the feature as they see fit.
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