[mythtv] Ticket #4571: Add popup menu to the main menu to allow shutdown

Stuart Morgan stuart at tase.co.uk
Sun Mar 9 11:35:15 UTC 2008


On Sunday 09 March 2008 03:10:32 Nigel Pearson wrote:
> > The main reason is that a xml menu button is very  easy to select
> > accidentally.
>
> True.
>
> KnoppMyth gets around that by putting it in a
> sub-menu "KnoppMyth", which has backup, restore,
> power off, reboot, and a version display script.

For what's it's worth, I like the patch as supplied. The main menus are 
already overcrowded and it would be impossible to add this option so that it 
is accessible from the initial menu screen without breaking the rule of six 
(ideally no menu should contain more than six items).

-- 
Stuart Morgan


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