[mythtv-users] Default Buttons

Josh TwoOneSix at thatclothingco.com
Fri Apr 6 15:45:05 UTC 2007


Paul Harrison wrote:
> Josh wrote:
>   
>> I got fussed at for sending this to the "wrong" 
>> list so I'll post it again over here...
>>
>> With the classic menu theme 
>> (/usr/share/mythtv/themes/classic) I can quickly 
>> snap a button on the screen to do  something like 
>> a EXEC or generate a new MENU, but I can't seem to 
>> figure it out on the default theme 
>> (/usr/share/mythtv/themes/default)... The DVR menu 
>> (/usr/share/mythtv/themes/DVR) theme is not the 
>> one I'm looking for either. Maybe I have to do 
>> something specific to the theme being used or is 
>> that what the "classic" menu theme eliminates and 
>> I am actually doing it the correct way?
>>
>> I am working on a "hack" and I am creating the 
>> Wiki for it and I want to cover as many 
>> possibilities as I can. I got this working on my 
>> system by simply switching to the classic menu 
>> theme and hacking it up to look very similar to 
>> the "default" I was using before hacking in the 
>> buttons. But for some reason it lags in 
>> performance to the default theme.
>>
>> Can someone help me out or get me pointed in the 
>> right direction?
>>
>>   
>>     
> The menu xml files for the default menu layout are '/usr/share/mythtv/' 
> not where you would expect them to be in 
> '/usr/share/mythtv/themes/default'. And no I don't know why either :-)
>
> Paul H.
>
>
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>   
Well... I kinda feel dumb for not looking there, but I don't feel so bad 
because you're right, it does seem to be an awkward place for them. Oh 
well, either way that's exactly what I needed! Armed with this 
information, I should be able to finish the first draft of my Wiki article!

-- 
Josh





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