[mythtv] [mythtv-commits] Ticket #8822: Context-sensitive ESCAPE action during DVD playback

[Jim Stichnoth]

On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 9:47 AM, Michael T. Dean
<mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> Rather than force this behavior on everyone (effectively removing all
> ability to exit directly), I'd prefer to see this done with ... a different
> key binding.  (You thought I was going to say setting, didn't you?  :)
>
> Basically, if you create a new keybinding, like BACK, then a user can use
> BACK to get the behavior you desire or ESCAPE to just exit.  Users who want
> BACK functionality could just override Global/ESCAPE with TV Playback/BACK
> (i.e. bind the same key they have bound to Global/ESCAPE--likely Escape--to
> TV Playback/BACK).
>
> (FWIW, I was trying to come up with a generic name for the action.  I
> couldn't decide between STOP and BACK, as they both make sense to me.  STOP
> stops playback (while ESCAPE exits playback).  BACK makes sense since you're
> going BACK to the menu.  There may well be a better name than either,
> though.)

That's a slick idea and it seems to work well.  (However, I'd like to
point out that a setting is still a setting even if you move it into
keybindings or theme descriptions...)  BTW, not *all* ability to exit
directly was taken away, as it still always respects jumppoints.

Jim