[mythtv] [mythtv-commits] Ticket #7336: Re-implement "Delete Recordings" after MythUI port

[Daniel Kristjansson]

On Tue, 2010-03-02 at 13:56 +1100, Nigel Pearson wrote:
> Question... should themers be able to override the function
> of the appliance, or just the eye-candy? If the former,
> then the code could use *menu.xml from the themes?

The idea is for the themes to control both the look and feel,
I don't know the answer to the second question but I think
in general the idea is to give the themes more control over
that type of thing.

> Thought... if people really hate the Delete Recordings screen,
> maybe discussion or a ticket should be raised to remove
> it from the default menu?

I love the Delete Recordings screen, I don't want the extra
info like the recording size in the Watch Recordings screen.
Although I do think it should be a "Manage Recordings" screen
with more customization over the Watch Recordings screen, like
more pertinent menus, different sort orders, etc.

> I will consider removing the window def from default*,
> and maybe adding it into Metallurgy.
> Gimme a few days to get feedback (and some sleep).

I think commenting it out would be a better option, so that
default[-wide] can remain a reference for new themes. I plan
to improve the default theme files after 0.23 by backporting
fixes from MythCenter (which is a little too risky so close
to release.)

We should also try to make things like
<window name="deleterecordings" from "watchrecordings">
work for all things defined earlier in the same a theme file.
There are a number of places where that would simplify the XML
for the themes.

-- Daniel