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Subject: Re: developing rockbox and updating patches

Re: developing rockbox and updating patches

From: Daniel Dalton <daniel.dalton47_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2007 08:25:30 +1000

Hi,
Thanks for all your help.
Just a couple more questions.

Daniel Stenberg wrote:
> On Wed, 1 Aug 2007, Daniel Dalton wrote:
>
>> So does anyone know how I should start when I download a patch and I
>> find out it doesn't work?
>
> Well, that's what all the magic about programming and debugging is
> about, and it just takes effort and time. Get the code. Try it. Stare
> at it. Fix it. Rebuild it. Try it again. Repeat.
>

I am using cygwin on windows. So it takes me about 15 minutes to build
rockbox when compiling.
If I am just editing a couple of files what is the best way to do this?


What else will I need to know to make the things I said above work?
>
> You need to program. A lot.
>
Ok but what do I need to know in c.


>> If I was to create a patch that put a music option in the main menu
>> how would I do this?
>
> Get the code. Add everything the way you want it. Run diff. Post the
> patch on flyspray!
>
And just to get me started where abouts should the code go?
What file should I look at first?


>> How do I display text on the screen?
>
> lcd_puts() and friends. Have a look in the existing code to find
> inspiration.

> Ok

Why can't plugins use the voice interface?
>
> Because the infrastructure to make that work isn't done.
>
>> Couldn't they just use the talk.c file and then use the functions
>> from that?
>
> No they can't. This is a subject for a separate thread so if you
> really feel like venturing down the "voice for plugins" lane we should
> take it separately.
>
>> When I try to create a patch the diff file comes out with about 23000
>> lines. Is there away I can fix this?
>
> Yes, don't modify whitespace/newlines on lines that you don't change!
>
And how do I do that?
All I am doing is the following:
1. Open main_menu.c
2 I arrow around through the code and I also use the find function in my
text editor.
3. I add my code.
4. I save.
5 I open english.lang.
6. I arrow around a bit and I use the find function in my text editor.
7. Once I have found the spot where my code should go I add my code
there. All I did was fill in the disk size voice string.



--
Daniel Dalton
Received on 2007-08-02

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