[mythtv-users] Re: Extenal interface to frontend for OSD and other stuff?

[Isaac Richards]

On Thursday 19 June 2003 10:42 pm, Joseph A. Caputo wrote:
> On Thursday 19 June 2003 20:16, Rob Rogers wrote:
> > I have been
> > thinking for a while about the possibility of jumping directly from one
> > plugin to another with a single command/keypress. I.e. I press the "DVD"
> > button on my universal remote, and MythVideo launches. Then I press
> > "Stereo" and MythVideo exits, and MythMusic launches. Saves you from
> > hitting escape 2-3 times to get back to the main menu, and then choosing
> > your new plugin
>
> I've been thinking about this too, trying to work it into an architectural
> design for a new user-interaction model (instead of/in addition to plain
> ol' X keysyms).  The recent changes in CVS that made everything in Myth
> parented by a single window, and turned the add-on modules into plugins
> were necessary steps to accomplish this, so I'm guessing the main
> developers are thinking along the same lines.  I'd really like to have a
> chat with Isaac one of these days...

Yeah -- the main window now knows how many dialogs it needs to get rid of to 
get back to the main menu, which should be enough (with some more code) to 
allow external navigation like 'go to mythmusic' from any other point in the 
program..

Isaac