[mythtv-users] Merge of OSD and Main themes causes WAF to Plummet

[Robert Siebert]

> As the person who started this diversion.. I feel obliged to jump
in again..
> 
> It's pretty obvious to me by the amount of churn here
that there is
> something to this issue as it is affecting more than
just me. I'm noticing a
> few things that are catching my attention.
What's needed are a few things:
> ... (and for those poised to jump all
over me for tossing out ideas without
> being able to back them up by
contributing code... YES, I do understand that
> this would take time
and effort by the theme builders and/or developers..
> believe me.. I
DO, and if possible I'll be happy to help out in some way as
> time
permits)
> 
> These are purely theoretical ideas for those with an open
mind to toss
> around....
> 
> 1) An efficient "novice friendly" way to
adjust certain characteristics in
> a theme. Not a way to fully rewrite
or corrupt the theme designer's
> efforts, or the integrity of the theme
itself, but a way to make the theme
> more useful on a purely practical
level. 
> 
> I'm no XML or Theme expert.. but spending a couple hours
over the last week
> attempting (unsuccessfully I might add) to find a
way to adjust the number
> of rows and columns in the Videos Gallery
view demonstrates that it's not as
> simple as "just open the XML file
and make a couple adjustments" to do it. 
> 
> Barring the creation of a
graphical wysiwyg theme editor which is a
> practical improbability..
How about some structure within the theme that
> allows for simple/small
adjustments. This could be as simple as thorough
> commenting the theme
XML file(s) to show where things are and are not
> adjustable or as
complex as a set of commented, standardized presets in the
> beginning
of the XML file that could be "single point of adjustment" to
> affect
certain items across the theme.

Regarding the first point here: 

You
really don't need to be an "expert" to use notepad :-) The documentation
on the web for the theme development is sufficent for the basics the
rest is really change and see what happens. 

One does NOT need a
graphical theme editor to modify an existing theme. The modifications
and seeing what has changed is so easy: 

1) Have the frontend running
and start the mythvideo plugin 

2) Make the change in the video-ui.xml


3) Leave the mythvideo plugin and start it again (back and enter :-) )


4) voila, you see you change! If not then select undo the change in
step 2) 

Like this you can edit or modify a theme really fast an you
see instantly what change has what effect to the theme. 

  
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