Oden Eriksson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi. > > Here's background info: > > I'm very picky when it comes to functionality, and I love features that some > people maybe even never heard about, or knew existed. One of these features > is the "A-B" button on my remote control for my Technics SL-P470 (audio cd > player). As a musician having to figure out song lyrics and train guitar > solos for the next cover song that we will play live, the A-B feature is > extremly crucial. I have asked the authors of winamp and xmms numerous times > about this feature, for at least 4(?) years, well since winamp 1.7.3... Guess > what? No responce... > > The good news is that a guy named "Rodrigo Martins de Matos Ventura" made a > patch for xmms. I rediffed this patch for the mandrake package and it works > like a charm! This is so cool! I love it! Now I can use the PC as a training > device for learning songs and stuff! Awesome!
How does it behave when you don't have the necessary hardware? I guess it's just available through A and S keystrokes? Also, I think it should have a tooltip explaining what it is, as it's rather obscure to "normal" people. Would you consider adding the tooltip? > I guess a lot of fellows (Austin?) would appreciate this patch if they only > knew about it, and realized the benefits of it. My patches are applied to > this mail. > > To learn more about it, please read this mail: > > http://lists.xmms.org/pipermail/xmms-devel/2002-January/002282.html > > (2002-January, duh!) XMMS staff never answered I guess? > I made packages for Mandrake Linux 9.2, check here: > > http://www.deserve-it.com/9.2/ > > > Chears. > > > --- xmms/main.c 2002-02-27 15:30:28.000000000 +0100 > +++ xmms/main.c.oden 2003-11-12 15:23:36.000000000 +0100 Patch is rather small, nice :). -- Guillaume Cottenceau - http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/
