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[Philip Lee <rocketman768@xxxxxxxxx>]

Looks bad-ass.


On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 4:46 PM, mik firestone <mikfire@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Ok. That took more effort than I expected. The equipment editor as it is
> currently laid out is ... busy and full.
>
> I am proposing we rearrange like this:
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/25337777/equipmenteditor.png
> I have moved the notes under the required group box and moved everything
> into a tool box on the right of the panel. I am thinking I will also
> collapse the "Losses" and "Mash Tun" panel into one, since there just isn't
> a lot on either.
>
> I tried moving everything to a tabbed panel, but didn't like that because
> it moved the required out of the way and somehow the "Name" being in a tab
> reduced its importance. It also didn't play nice with the drop box on the
> top of the window.
>
> Feedback? Other suggestions? I have to admit, I'm kind of digging this
> idea.
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> Mik
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> On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 4:36 PM, mik firestone <mikfire@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> I hadn't thought to associate with the equipment profile. I was just
>> storing it as options. But I like that idea.
>>
>> Brewer's friend offers "decoction", "fly sparge", "infusion", "sparge"
>> and "temperature" for mash steps. I was resisting the temptation to make
>> fly sparge and batch sparge as different things. In my mind, there is a
>> sparge step. It would be the settings that would define if it were a fly or
>> batch sparge step.
>>
>> Mik
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>> On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 2:02 PM, Philip Lee <rocketman768@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>
>>> Simplifying and compartmentalizing that info sounds like a good idea to
>>> me. I also agree that the way we do sparging is broken.
>>>
>>> Is the process attached to the equipment? I can imagine I might have
>>> different processes for different sets of equipment.
>>>
>>> How does the other brewing software handle this kind of info?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 10:20 PM, mik firestone <mikfire@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>
>>>> One of the things I would like to include in v2.1 is a new options tab
>>>> called "Process" where you can define things like you crush your own
>>>> grains, you add grain to water, you fly sparge, etc.
>>>>
>>>> Depending on what you have selected, it will have different effects.
>>>> For example, stating that you crush your own grain adds a new step saying
>>>> to crush the grains and modifies later steps to simple say "add crushed
>>>> grain".
>>>>
>>>> Sparging is presenting me a problem. Currently, the only way we know a
>>>> step is a sparge step is that the name of the step is "Final Batch Sparge".
>>>> This fails on numerous levels: I am fairly certain our European brewing
>>>> brethren do not spell it "final batch sparge"; changing the name of the
>>>> step breaks the mash wizard; and I just sort of cringe at doing this.
>>>>
>>>> I would propose we deviate from the BeerXML standard* and create a new
>>>> mash type called "Sparge" that we can use to show a mash step is a sparge.
>>>> I will need to contemplate how this will affect the interface and if there
>>>> is any way to retroactively guess if a step is a sparge or not. When
>>>> spitting the recipe out to BeerXML, we will change the type from "Sparge"
>>>> to "Infusion" so that we retain compatibility with the spec.
>>>>
>>>> I want to make sure this idea has merit and meets with general approval
>>>> before putting a lot of work into it. If it does, I will submit the
>>>> necessary tickets and split that activity out from my current playing
>>>> around. If it doesn't, I will grumble a lot and continue with the text
>>>> parsing.
>>>>
>>>> Mik
>>>>
>>>> * - In a broader sense, I really would prefer to simply ditch the spec
>>>> entirely in the database and only worry about it in the XML output routines.
>>>>
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