[mythtv] [PATCH] Specify aspect ratio cycle

Isaac Richards ijr at po.cwru.edu
Tue Jun 8 00:27:51 EDT 2004


On Tuesday 08 June 2004 12:03 am, Craig Rindy wrote:
> Using the menu on my system requires me to press the down key four times,
> followed by the right key, then up to four more presses of the down key,
> one press of the select key, and finally the cancel key.  The menu is
> useful for accessing the features for which you don't have a remote button
> or if you're curious about what features are available, because these are
> the only times when you don't mind pressing eleven buttons when you could
> be pressing one.  Given that the W key exists particularly to cycle through
> modes and that most users don't have a use for at least two of those modes,
> I think this feature is desirable.  The modes and corresponding enumerative
> values could be listed in the help, and the user could enter a series of
> numbers instead of names.  However, this is a setup preference, and
> precedent has been set for an ordered series of values in the entry of
> custom filters.  At least with the proposed mode selection setting, the
> list of possible values are listed in the on-screen help.
>
> My humble opinion is that this is a useful and user-friendly feature, but,
> Isaac, your opinion is what's important here, and I'm interested in hearing
> it.  Does an acceptable setup interface exist, or is this feature
> considered altogether absurd?

It's an extra setting with a complicated setup that duplicates existing 
functionality.  It doesn't need to exist.  Nothing that anyone's said has 
been anything more than "I'm too lazy to press a button 2 extra times", so...

I strongly feel that there are way too many useless (and confusing) settings 
as is, and I don't really want to add another one.

Isaac


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