[mythtv-users] Version 30.0 and toggle bookmarks confusion

[Tom Dexter]

On 4/23/19, Tom Dexter <digitalaudiorock at gmail.com> wrote:
> I haven't updated to 30.0 as yet but was going to soon. I'm glad I
> decided to look at the database schema update code because there where
> two things in there that pointed me towards changes that seemed a bit
> significant...especially for things not mentioned in the release notes
> at all. I'll get into the second in another email.
>
> I noticed the removal of the settings table entry for
> "AltClearSavedPosition" was being removed. That's lead me to massively
> confusing and conflicting threads regarding new TOGGLEBOOKMARK and
> SETBOOKMARK bindings and the fact that, apparently, the existing
> SELECT action is no longer used for that(??).
>
> My remote control (using ir-keytable) is currently using the space key
> for this. Currently I have these entries in keybindings:
>
> +---------+------------+----------------------+--------------------+-----------+
> | context | action     | description          | keylist            |
> hostname  |
> +---------+------------+----------------------+--------------------+-----------+
> | Global  | SELECT     | Select               | Return,Enter,Space |
> mythback  |
> | Global  | SELECT     | Select               | Return,Enter,Space |
> mythfront |
> | Browser | FOLLOWLINK | Follow selected link | Return,Space,Enter |
> mythback  |
> | Browser | FOLLOWLINK | Follow selected link | Return,Space,Enter |
> mythfront |
> +---------+------------+----------------------+--------------------+-----------+
>
> The browser ones are irrelevant in my case...no clue what added those.
>
> On one hand I'm reading that existing frontends should work as they
> always did and that this only affects new frontends. Yet I'm also
> reading that there's no default for any of this, and it's clear
> there's no schema update adding anything to keybindings. None of this
> is adding up for me.
>
> Given that I want to maintain the existing bookmark toggle behavior
> (ideally for Return,Space,Enter of at least Space), can anyone clarify
> these:
>
> 1. What actually will be the default behavior of Return,Enter,Space
> after the update on my existing frontend?
>
> 2. If I have to do in fact need to add TOGGLEBOOKMARK key bindings,
> will they conflict with any of the above, or do they only apply to the
> "TV Playback" context?
>
> 3. Related to #2 do these bindings also maintain the bookmark toggle
> in video / DVD playback.
>
> Thanks in advance for any clarification.
>
> Tom
>

I've read a few more threads on this and apparently you set this up
from the frontend under Setup -> Edit Keys under TV Playback, which is
easy enough. If anything was added to do assign this automatically I
sure can't find it in the code.

Tom