[mythtv-users] mythcenter-wide wraparound scrolling

[Jerome Yuzyk]

On Monday, April 17, 2017 2:48:25 AM MDT Paul Harrison wrote:
> On 13/04/17 11:57, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> > On 04/12/2017 10:59 PM, Peter Bennett wrote:
> >> On 04/12/2017 10:15 PM, Jerome Yuzyk wrote:
> >>> On Wednesday, April 12, 2017 4:50:29 AM MDT John Pilkington wrote:
> >>>> On 12/04/17 10:41, Mark Perkins wrote:
> >>>>>> Does mythcenter-wide get any updates anymore?
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> Yes, my guess is it is probably top three most commonly used theme
> >>>>> - based
> >>>>> on how often I see mentions of it on the list anyway.
> >>>> 
> >>>> ... but if you have a personally tweaked version in ~/.mythtv/themes I
> >>>> don't suppose it will see updates.  Perhaps I should rename mine.
> >>> 
> >>> What I do is keep a "reference" copy of recordings-ui.xml and make my
> >>> changes
> >>> there. When I do an update I diff the new one with my copy. So far
> >>> the only
> >>> differences are my additions, and I just cat my reference into the
> >>> overwritten
> >>> file. There's only 1 file so it's a simple hack.
> >>> 
> >>> I do the same with MythWeb's canned_searches.php.
> >> 
> >> Why don't we just update mythcenter and mythcenter-wide so everybody
> >> does not need to tweak it?
> > 
> > Not everybody tweaks it.
> > 
> > A versy similar thread a couple years ago:
> > https://lists.gt.net/mythtv/users/558968#558968
> > https://lists.gt.net/mythtv/users/559057#559057
> > https://lists.gt.net/mythtv/users/559387#559387
> > 
> >> I suggest open a ticket with details of the tweaks. I think
> >> wrap-around would be an improvement. If the change looks OK I will
> >> update the repository.
> > 
> > and from the one who has spent the largest amount of time recently
> > updating Mythcenter-wide (and the one who changed it so the scrolling
> > works as it does in
> > https://github.com/MythTV/mythtv/commit/743d02720f3fb ):
> > 
> > https://lists.gt.net/mythtv/users/559348#559348
> > 
> > I recommend you check with Paul before making that particular change.
> > Or, as Paul suggested, those who want it done differently can make their
> > own version and maintain it.  Or a team of people could maintain
> > multiple versions of Mythcenter/Mythcenter-wide, including the
> > main/upstream/... ones--deciding the main use styles and having a
> > separate version for each, but rolling "universal" changes into both.
> > We can set the theme(s) up on https://github.com/MythTV-Themes and then
> > pull changes from the MythTV-Themes repo into the MythTV repo.  (In the
> > past, though, no one has stepped up to maintain the theme, so finding
> > someone/some people willing to accept responsibility for it is likely to
> > prevent this from occurring.)
> > 
> > (In the interest of full disclosure, I don't use any of the Mythcenter
> > themes, so I have no vested interest in any particular theme choices for
> > it.  Just mentioning some history.)
> > 
> > Mike
> 
> Isn't it amazing how quiet things go when you ask users for help :)
> 
> I really don't care what happens to MythCenter-wide in the repo now
> since for my own sanity I use my own fork of MythTV which includes my
> own version of the theme.
> 
> So do whatever you like with it. Just don't come crying to me when the
> users start to complain. They really don't like change.

I deferred to the theme "owner" who I assume knows more about why it's the 
way it is than I do. And, my changes are so small I can manage them myself. 


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