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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/7/2013 12:55 PM, Paul Harrison
wrote:<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:52A36F3A.40907@sky.com" type="cite">On
05/12/13 15:14, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:steve.goodey@openreach.co.uk">steve.goodey@openreach.co.uk</a> wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">-----Original Message-----
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From: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org">mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org</a> [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:mythtv-users">mailto:mythtv-users</a>-
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:bounces@mythtv.org">bounces@mythtv.org</a>] On Behalf Of John Pilkington
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Sent: 03 December 2013 18:20
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To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org</a>
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Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] 0.27 mythcenter theme: cannot
scroll up
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from the top any more
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On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 9:29 AM, John Pilkington
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:J.Pilk@tesco.net"><J.Pilk@tesco.net></a>
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wrote:
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I'm not seeking more attention or points of view, and I have
no real
<br>
wish to run trunk. I just thought it worth encouraging ziggy
to put
<br>
his patches in the public domain. Perhaps the wiki would have
been a
<br>
better place than a ticket.
<br>
<br>
My initial problem was in reading the Watch Recordings screen
with some
<br>
content-based backgrounds. An early patch on this list fixed
that.
<br>
The first file I had from ziggy wrapped just one of the screen
lists.
<br>
The newer one wraps both, and yes, circular lists can be
confusing.
<br>
<br>
Cheers,
<br>
<br>
John
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Hello,
<br>
<br>
I've put a link to this thread on the discussion page of
Category:Themes on the Mythtv wiki.
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<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Category_talk:Themes">http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Category_talk:Themes</a>
<br>
<br>
Steve.
<br>
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<br>
Lets look on the positive side. You should be happy that Myth is
flexible enough to allow you to change things like the scroll wrap
in lists or which start time is used or whether fan art is shown
or whether end times are shown or ..... How many Media Centers do
you come across that are that flexible?
<br>
<br>
If the people complaining (a small minority out of the 1339
confirmed users AFAIK) are serious why not get together and create
a MythCenter-wide-Classic theme or whatever you want to call it.
If one or more of you agree to keep it up to date we can add it to
the theme chooser so anyone can use it if they choose.
<br>
<br>
The important thing is someone needs to take responsibility to
keep it updated. It's not a difficult job you don't need to be a
programmer it's mostly editing an xml file and testing your
changes. You just need to keep an eye on the commits list for
anything that requires changes to a theme and update the theme
accordingly. There is always help at hand in the theme mailing
list or irc channel if you need it.
<br>
<br>
This is usually where things go very quiet :). Developers are
expected to work many hours a week on Myth but ask a user to spend
maybe 1/2 an hour a month if that to help out and the excuses come
flooding out :(
<br>
<br>
Paul H.
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Well, I've already gone quiet. I didn't mean to make waves, or
disparage in any way the MythCenter-Wide maintainer's theme,
judgements or his (much appreciated) efforts. I just wanted to
offer the changes that I had already researched to people who
expressed a similar desire for them.<br>
<br>
It took me quite a while to figure out how the areas of the theme
that I wanted to adjust actually worked. And the complexities of an
entire theme seem enormous and still quite mysterious. As is Github,
tickets, commits, etc. (I have created a Github account in the
past, but don't know quite what to do with it, would that be used in
theme maintenance?)<br>
<br>
That being said, I am not opposed to having a go at maintaining a
theme, but being a novice, I really don't have an overview - The
Big Picture, if you will - of the entire process.<br>
<br>
If I sound too green to do this, let me know. If not, a few pointers
to some docs or a short explanation of "The Big Picture" so I can
get a starting point on learning the system and trying to get up to
speed would be appreciated.<br>
Ziggy<br>
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