Re^4: vertical spacing with PDF::API2

I was fine with the closure on this thread as it regarded the original subject, but if it's perl, you know that I'm thinking about my next way to represent something. What's more, I've been thinking of it in the context of re-reading _Intermediate Perl_, and so I want to replicate their development of Gilligan's Island with my Perl Daily Briefings who are destined to get lost and need a physical list so as to figure out what the heck I really had to do today as opposed to what one might think in a moment of hysteria.

That said, let me re-state the question, how would you represent an appointment that would appear on your list for the next day?

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Re^5: vertical spacing with PDF::API2 by soonix (Chancellor) on Jun 02, 2016 at 19:23 UTC
I'm not sure if I understood your question the way you meant it :-) "represent" internally? It consists of some timestamp (appointed date and time) and some text. How to present it to the user? That would include "where", which I addressed in my previous post - if it's for the following day, I'd simply put it at the end of the list, perhaps like `tomorrow (Fri, Jun 03, 2016): 10:30 am - doctor's office` [download] That is, some heading or other kind of marker to make aware that "following are appointments", and then, one per line, time and textual info, similiar what you'd write in your pocket calendar. However, my general problem with your list would be that there's too much vertical space :-) (by my taste) I'd omit the lines between the items. Instead, I'd put one between the quote of the day and the list, and then perhaps one between the tasks and the appointment(s).	[reply] [d/l]

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Re^5: vertical spacing with PDF::API2
by soonix (Chancellor) on Jun 02, 2016 at 19:23 UTC

"represent" internally? It consists of some timestamp (appointed date and time) and some text.

tomorrow (Fri, Jun 03, 2016):
10:30 am - doctor's office
[download]

However, my general problem with your list would be that there's too much vertical space :-) (by my taste)
I'd omit the lines between the items. Instead, I'd put one between the quote of the day and the list, and then perhaps one between the tasks and the appointment(s).

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