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Subject: Re: Windows GUI to manipulate Rockbox settings?

Re: Windows GUI to manipulate Rockbox settings?

From: Dave Woyciesjes <woyciesjes_at_sbcglobal.net>
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:19:54 -0400

Jonathan Gordon wrote:
> 2009/3/24 Dave Woyciesjes <woyciesjes_at_sbcglobal.net>:
>> I was just thinking... IIRC, the Rockbox settings are stored in text
>> files, so therefore you could edit them from your PC, while the player is
>> connected as a drive.
>> It would be nice, I think, to have a GUI on your PC to change/adjust
>> all the Rockbox settings. It could be especially handy for those with not so
>> good vision and have a hard time reading the dispaly on the player. I've
>> looked around a bit, but haven't found anything yet. It this even possible?
>>
> Its very possible, and something which is generally wanted.. but the
> major problem is that each target has a different set of features, and
> even different builds have different features. The plan I think is to
> have the build script dump apps/settings_list.c to a text file which
> is easily parsed and stored in a file like rockbox-info.txt on the
> player so a utility to easily see which settings are available and
> what their legal values are.
>
> Jonathan
>

        Good point about different menus & options for different players. What
about starting with the ability to manipulate/mimic only the settings &
options which exist on all players?

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Received on 2009-03-24

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