Cannot Set Date and Time

[bert003]

This is my first time using helloSystem. Please bare with me. I found the following issues:

1. When trying to set the date, I get a message that Date and Time is not installed.

2. When I install Chrome, it says it is installed but does not appear in the menu. Also the disk named chrome remains mounted and I cannot eject it.

How do you install additional software please?

[probonopd]

Select "Chromium" from the System menu, it will ask you whether you want to download it.

[bert003]

Thanks.

And what about the "Date and Time not installed" message please? Is there something else which I need to install?

[probonopd]

Where do you see this message? Probably it is not implemented yet.

[bert003]

I click the time on the top right (ex: 10:05 AM). It then displays the whole date: ex: Saturday, April 15, 2023 10:05:20 AM UTC. Then I click the whole date and it gives me this message as a pop-up:

The application 'Date and Time' can't be launched because it can't be found.

[probonopd]

Yes, that application is not yet written.

[bert003]

Noted. Thanks

[probonopd]

Started making it:

Any volunteers want to work on it?
It's written in Python, so really simple to hack on.

https://github.com/helloSystem/Utilities/tree/master/Preferences/Date%20and%20Time.app

[bert003]

Wow! Looks really nice. Appreciate your prompt support on this.

I am interested in working on it but I would need to learn how to program in Qt using Python in order to be able to help. I know Python already. Any templates for the helloSystem as a starting point please?

[probonopd]

Check out https://hellosystem.github.io/docs/developer/applications.html
and the source code of the existing utilities at https://github.com/helloSystem/Utilities/

[bert003]

Noted and visited the links provided. Please let me know where I can start from to contribute as regards application development.

[probonopd]

Hi @bert003, I am not sure what exactly you are looking for, but I left some TODOs in the code:

Utilities/Preferences/Date and Time.app/Date and Time

Lines 3 to 5 in 94eebc9

	# FIXME: The spinner is not shown; we need to fix this by using threading? Is there a better way?
	# TODO: Implement manual time zone setting in the time zone tab
	# TODO: Implement manual date and time setting in the date and time tab

In general, when you search for "TODO" and "FIXME" you'll find areas that could benefit greatly from contributions.

[bert003]

Noted. Yes I just wanted to know in which applications is help needed. Ok let me have a look at the Date and Time Application.

Shall I create a personal fork of the project on my GitHub account? Or do you suggest another way? What about testing?

Sorry for asking a lot but would really like to contribute in the best possible way. Thanks for your time.

[probonopd]

Ok let me have a look at the Date and Time Application.

Great!

Shall I create a personal fork of the project on my GitHub account?

Yes. And once you are satisfied with your changes, ping me so that I can test it.

Thanks. 👍

[bert003]

Hi, excuse my late reply but had a tough week and could not work on this. I have forked the repository. When I do the changes, shall I commit directly to the master branch or create a new branch for the commit?