[mythtv] Re: [mythtv-commits] mythtv commit: r7389 by danielk

[Adam Egger]

On 10/4/05, Robert Tsai <rtsai1111 at comcast.net> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 04, 2005 at 03:24:07PM -0400, Daniel Kristjansson wrote:
> > On Tue, 2005-10-04 at 19:12 +0100, Dave Just wrote:
> > > > Do people run mythtv-setup that often anyway?
> > >
> > > I have the machine running my frontend launch mythtv-setup when it
> > > first goes into X, before entering a loop of re-launching
> > > mythfrontend.  I found this  was quite handy when I was adding
> > > channels/cards and could configure by just rebooting the  machine
> > > or restarting the X server.  My backend is launched as a  service,
> > > outside X.
> >
> > I could just add the warning to mythtv-setup if we detect the
> > backend running. But I loathe the idea of adding another slow
> > startup dialog to mythtv-setup. Would anyone object to putting the
> > two existing queries into one dialog with a checkbox for each?
>
> Veering slightly on a tangent, why are these even dialogs at the
> beginning? Couldn't/shouldn't these dialogs be incorporated into one
> of the menu items of mythtv-setup?

And if it has to stay where it is it would be better to set the focus
on OK and to be able to leave mythtv-setup with ESC. It showes the
user a warning message, so he will probably want to exit.