[mythtv] [mythtv-commits] Ticket #6813: Patch to manage upcoming recordings from the "Watch Recordings" screen

[Robert McNamara]

On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 5:48 AM, Yeechang Lee <ylee at pobox.com> wrote:
> Robert McNamara <robert.mcnamara at gmail.com> says:
>> >>  * We're trying to move away from the "number button = change
>> >> view"  functionality.  We'd rather allow for friendly menus that
>> >> have the  user selecting the view from a plain-english list.
>> >
>> > I'm glad to hear that since I suspect PAGEBOTTOM/PAGETOP/PAGEMIDDLE
>> > will be more often useful for most.
>>
>> I think you must be thinking of something else.  Above I am
>> referring to changing the sort order or the list contents in various
>> myth screens by pressing number keys which have no obvious
>> definition or consistency across screens.
>
> No, those "Sort by Title/Sort by Time" messages at the bottom of
> various screens were exactly what I had in mind. I meant that deleting
> those bindings would, by freeing up the 2 key, likely encourage more
> people to use the number buttons for the PAGEBOTTOM/PAGETOP bindings.

I understand now, thanks for the clarification.  My remote has a
pageup/pagedown button and I don't use the pagetop/mid/bottom bindings
so it didn't occur to me that way.

Robert