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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Autoloadconfig thingy - wanted: feedback :-)Re: Autoloadconfig thingy - wanted: feedback :-)
From: Manuel Dejonghe <limbus_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 22:40:31 +0200 Hi Ron, have you tought about a OnAcPower.cfg ? This would save you from modifying the existing user interface. And it would perfectly meet your needs, as I suppose you're having the charger next to the stereo, like I have. Manuel On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 19:29:00 +0200, Ronald Teune <rtwolf_at_gmx.net> wrote: > Hello all, > > Here's something I would like to have some comments on. It's about an > option to load config files at startup (e.g. a file for earphones (f1.cfg, > vol=62, bass+treble somewhere around 5) and a file for home stereo > (vol=81, equalizer flat) is what I use now. Beneath are my ideas about > this, please feel free to comment, criticize, burn me to the ground, etc. > I was thinking about start working on the autoloadconfig thingy again. > Last time I tried > adding a config option to show it or not show it, on the same screen as > the resume screen. > This introduced quite bulky code (e.g. when the resume screen is not > shown, sometimes the > autoloadconfig screen should be shown, etc.) > The idea that I have is as follows: > * link it to the resume screen, always. If people want an autoloadconfig > screen, they won't > care if the press-play-to-resume is on there, too. It won't hurt normal > rockbox operation, > imho. > * make it 'autodetect' f1.cfg, f2.cfg, f3.cfg, up.cfg, down.cfg files. And > perhaps left.cfg > and right.cfg too. A config option might not even be neccesary in this > case, i.e. if rockbox > would ship with f2.cfg and f3.cfg out-of-the-box, so people would see the > option exist, and > can delete the files if they don't want it. > * if a .cfg file does not exist, then do the 'normal' resume screen action > (=don't resume). > This way a user can choose keys appropriate to him and his model, a > recorder user can choose > left/right too if he likes. The text at the bottom of the resume screen > can be something like > "Press key to load .cfg" (which is only shown when there are appropriate > .cfg files) > > Maybe a config option will be neccesary to avoid confusion, or to make > sure people know about this feature without reading the docs and without > having to ship rockbox with a .cfg file. But is all this hassle and extra > code and extra config space worth it? > _______________________________________________ http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox Received on 2005-03-31 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |