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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: themes, skins, backdrops and RAM usage... (i.e sure to be controversial)Re: themes, skins, backdrops and RAM usage... (i.e sure to be controversial)
From: pondlife <pondlife_at_ntlworld.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:04:27 -0000 >> E.g. you could make parsing a two-way process and only detect the memory >> needs (small, medium, large, very large) in the first pass. >> The first pass could be done when the user selects a new theme or the >> themes could define which size they need. >> If the new size match the previous one (e.g. still "medium") it could >> keep the current buffer size; >> if the new one needs less size (e.g. previous "medium", now "small") it >> could define the new buffer size but still use the current one; the new >> size will be set and used after next reboot. >> if the new one needs more space (e.g. previous "medium", now "large") it >> could define the new buffer size and tell the user to reboot the device. > > I like that idea (I think it has come up before, but still)! Might be a > little pain for people who are addicted to changing themes every few > minutes though. I also like that idea - how often do people really change themes? Maybe with this there would be no reason to have the S/M/L/XL categories at all, just work out the number of bytes required, compare to the number allocated, and prompt for a reboot to change theme if needed? pondlife Received on 2009-12-22 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |