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controlled through a theme, it
>> would
>> require
patching the plugins themselves. I have a friend who start to
>> work
>> on this once, but gave up. Oh what I would
give to be a QT developer :)
>>
>> Hopefully this is
on the Myth to-do list.
>
> are the gestures defined in
the theme or elsewhere? I also just
> thought, if there is no way
to directly call a button in a theme, one
> could call a script to
call a telnet command to Myth so that you could
> create
navigation buttons in the theme. This would at least get things
>
working, though for your CarPC I can see why gestures would be better
> than navigation buttons.
>
> I'll probably create
a modified theme for my mom's touchscreen with
> navigation
buttons since it will be a larger screen and she'll be
> close to
it when using the touchscreen.
>
> anyone know of a list
of touchscreen LCDs that work in linux?
>
> --
>
Steve
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see this thread: http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=79902<br
/><br /><br />> On 1/4/07, Jason Donahue <mythtv at timekiller.org>
wrote:<br />>> > On 1/4/07, Jason Donahue
<mythtv at timekiller.org> wrote:<br />>> >> > Jason:<br
/>>> >> ><br />>> >> > Very nice. I've tried
MythTV on a touchscreen for in-home use<br />>> (mostly<br
/>>> >> > music, weather and news). One thing I could not
easily get around<br />>> is<br />>> >> > issuing a
"back" or "esc" to Myth to move out of some
programs<br />>> (e.g.,<br />>> >> > mythmusic). I
finally had to activate the telnet control of Myth<br />>> and<br
/>>> >> > create a small Kpanel applet that would allow me
to issue an "esc"<br />>> to<br />>> >> >
myth via the telnet interface (this also means you have to run Myth<br
/>>> in<br />>> >> > a window rather than
full-screen). Have you come up with another<br />>> >> >
means or do you simply use the keyboard?<br />>> >> ><br
/>>> >> > George<br />>> >> ><br />>>
>> > On 1/4/07, Jason Donahue <mythtv at timekiller.org>
wrote:<br />>> >> >> Dunno how many people will remember
this, but a while back I<br />>> posted<br />>> >> my<br
/>>> >> >> Linux<br />>> >> >> CarPC.
Well I have updated everything and I'm showing it off<br />>>
again:<br />>> >> >><br />>> >> >>
https://www.timekiller.org/carpc/index.php<br />>> >>
>><br />>> >> >> The touchscreen and opengl
transitions are especially nice<br />>> >> additions...<br
/>>> >> >><br />>> >> >> Couldn't have
done it without the great work done on Myth, thanks<br />>> >>
>> everybody!<br />>> >> George,<br />>> >>
When I first started on the carpc, myth .18 was the latest/greatest.<br
/>>> >> This<br />>> >> meant no touchscreen
support at all. This is why I fabricated the<br />>> >>
control<br />>> >> panel next to my shifter. It registers to
the system as a USB<br />>> keyboard.<br />>> >> See<br
/>>> >> the archived photos:<br />>> >><br
/>>> >> https://www.timekiller.org/carpc/archive.php<br
/>>> >><br />>> >> It works, and I was able to
make it look factory, but ultimately I'd<br />>> >> like to<br
/>>> >> do away with it and be 100% touchscreen controlled.
Obviously there<br />>> is<br />>> >> plenty of work
that needs to be done before that happens.<br />>> >><br
/>>> >> Anyone know the status of mouse control in Myth ? Is
there a plan to<br />>> >> make it<br />>> >> 100%
mouse-only compatible ?<br />>> ><br />>> > there is
gesture support, though it would seem to make touchscreen<br />>>
> really useful a new theme would be needed that provided navigation<br
/>>> > buttons that could be clicked to move forward and back (if
this is<br />>> > even possible in a theme?).<br />>> I am
aware of, and use gesture control to navigate the menus, but it<br
/>>> does<br />>> not work to, for example, exit mythmusic. In
fact, to my knowledge,<br />>> there is<br />>> no mouse
support in myhmusic whatsoever, so with mythvideo, etc.<br />>><br
/>>> The menu system itself supports the mouse/gestures, but you're
on your<br />>> own<br />>> once you are in a plugin.<br
/>>><br />>><br />From my understanding, this can not be
controlled through a theme, it<br />>> would<br />>> require
patching the plugins themselves. I have a friend who start to<br
/>>> work<br />>> on this once, but gave up. Oh what I would
give to be a QT developer :)<br />>><br />>> Hopefully this is
on the Myth to-do list.<br />> <br />> are the gestures defined in
the theme or elsewhere? I also just<br />> thought, if there is no way
to directly call a button in a theme, one<br />> could call a script to
call a telnet command to Myth so that you could<br />> create
navigation buttons in the theme. This would at least get things<br />>
working, though for your CarPC I can see why gestures would be better<br
/>> than navigation buttons.<br />> <br />> I'll probably create
a modified theme for my mom's touchscreen with<br />> navigation
buttons since it will be a larger screen and she'll be<br />> close to
it when using the touchscreen.<br />> <br />> anyone know of a list
of touchscreen LCDs that work in linux?<br />> <br />> --<br />>
Steve<br />> Before you ask, read the FAQ!<br />>
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Frequently_Asked_Questions<br />>
then search the Wiki, and this list,<br />>
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/<br />> Mailinglist
etiquette -<br />>
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List_etiquette<br />>
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