[mythtv] QThread vs. pthreads

[Steven Adeff]

On 1/2/07, Stuart Morgan <stuart at tase.co.uk> wrote:
> On Tuesday 02 January 2007 20:34, Keith Layne wrote:
> > I'm pretty satisfied with what mythtv does.  I just started digging because
> > there's a feature I would like to work on, and then I see thinks that could
> > be implemented differently that I think would make it easier to do what I
> > want to do...I don't even know what's necessarily being worked on right
> > now. I got a reply to a post that something was being worked on, but
> > committing it to SVN could happen any time in the future.  Right now I have
> > a rare combination of time and motivation, but I don't want to duplicate or
> > obsolete anyone else's work, and any patch too significant is sure to be
> > rejected.
>
> If you want to work on improving the lirc support etc then feel free.  I do
> have a few ideas and plans but precious little time at the moment. You won't
> be treading on my toes, I'd welcome having one less job on my list.
>
> Having myth accept raw lirc events instead of mapping to the keyboard is the
> main thing that I was going to do. It would simplify installation and
> configuration a great deal. There are a couple of patches in Trac or the
> mailing list archives which attempt to do this, neither was ready to be
> committed without be re-written. I hadn't planned any wider changes to lirc
> support.
>
> If you break your changes down into small chunks and work on the least
> controversial bits first, then it will mean things are committed much faster.
> e.g. I wouldn't advise re-writing the input device interface into a plugin
> structure or creating a new MythThread class as your first patch. Feel free
> to ask questions or look for feedback, the #mythtv-dev IRC channel is usually
> a good place for discussions or quick questions.
>
> P.S. In addition to remote buttons, Mythcontrols could also do with some
> support for mouse buttons should you feel inclined. This is a fairly selfish
> idea as I've just got a new 12 button cordless mouse which could double
> nicely as a remote when using my laptop as a frontend ;)

sort of a wishlist idea for direct lirc mapping, but something that I
think would make it actually more convenient than the current method.
An interface to read a signal from the remote and then map it to an
action from within the frontend.

-- 
Steve
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