noted :)
2008/5/28 Garth Dahlstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> The sort indicator would have you believe that... In fact, it's not
> sorted in any particular way (just whatever order it was read from
> .mixxxtracks.xml), if you click on the sort indicator twice you'll get real
> sorted data... :D
>
> Screenshot is what my library looks at start-up...
>
>
> On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 7:24 PM, Gaetan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>> I don't understand your suggestion. The library is sorted by artist by
>> default on startup. Could you please elaborate a bit more?
>>
>> Gaetan
>>
>> 2008/5/28 Garth Dahlstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>>
>> Hi Gaetan,
>>>
>>> As a challenge to get to know the library code better, you could start by
>>> having a go at making the library 'sort by artist' on start-up....
>>>
>>> I would expect the fix to be quite small for that, but where to apply it
>>> would be the interesting part. It would be a nice bit of polish for the
>>> release too. ;)
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> -G
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 3:31 PM, Gaetan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks for your feedback!
>>>>
>>>> I've started this page on the wiki :
>>>> http://mixxx.org/wiki/doku.php/playqueue_and_library_improvements_proposals
>>>> I'll study the code and try to perform some hacks.
>>>>
>>>> Gaetan
>>>>
>>>> 2008/5/27 Albert James Santoni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Gaetan,
>>>>>
>>>>> Replies inline below:
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: Gaetan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>> Date: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 11:31 am
>>>>> Subject: [Mixxx-devel] Willing to contribute to mixxx project
>>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>>>
>>>>> > Hello
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I've sent this message to the forum just before discovering this
>>>>> mailing list...
>>>>> > so here is my proposal.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > --
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Having quite a strong experience in C
>>>>> > and C++ on linux, but not much with such large projects, I would like
>>>>> > to contribute to the mixxx project on a few weakness I've
>>>>> > noticed. I
>>>>> > would like to improve the playlist, Play Queue and Library, and
>>>>> > I would
>>>>> > really appreciate some advices on how to begin, coding rules, best
>>>>> > practice for patch submission, where to start hacking, etc.
>>>>> >
>>>>>
>>>>> Welcome aboard! We're always looking for more help coding, so we'd be
>>>>> happy to do everything we can to get you started. There's definitely room
>>>>> for improvement to the library interface, and I'm glad you're interested
>>>>> in
>>>>> working on it.
>>>>>
>>>>> > Do
>>>>> > I have to draw a sketch of my plan, describe it somewhere,
>>>>> > discuss it
>>>>> > here, rise a ticket for this in a bugzilla, etc or just start hacking
>>>>> > as soon as possible and submit the patch? How can I be sure it
>>>>> > will fit
>>>>> > with current mixxx roadmap and be integrated?
>>>>>
>>>>> Depends on what you want to do. If you're thinking about writing some
>>>>> big feature, then the steps are:
>>>>> - Describe it on mixxx-devel and ask for ideas/feedback
>>>>> - Write a specification in the wiki so that's it clear what you're
>>>>> going to do. (The more thinking you do before you code, the easier it is
>>>>> to
>>>>> code.) :)
>>>>> - Code!
>>>>>
>>>>> If you just want to do a bug fix or something small, just code it and
>>>>> email a patch to this mailing list. To ensure your work will fit in with
>>>>> the
>>>>> current roadmap and be integrated, just ask! (This is why writing a
>>>>> specification is good too.) Our current release status is we're trying to
>>>>> wrap up 1.6.0, and so our focus is going to be on fixing these remaining
>>>>> bugs:
>>>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/mixxx/1.6/+bugs
>>>>>
>>>>> If you make bug fixes to the library (eg. the play queue sorting),
>>>>> we'll have no problem putting them in trunk. If you add features (eg. song
>>>>> ratings), then we should probably throw them in a branch until the 1.6.0
>>>>> release is done.
>>>>>
>>>>> >
>>>>> > What I wish to improve are (sorted according to my own, humble
>>>>> > needs) :
>>>>> > 1)
>>>>> > change the Play Queue window so the list is sorted according to the
>>>>> > play sequence (and not the alphabetical order of the title), and
>>>>> allow
>>>>> > DJ to reorganise this play queue.
>>>>>
>>>>> Yeah, something like this would make the play queue a lot better.
>>>>>
>>>>> > 2) double click on a track start
>>>>> > imediatly the playback on the first headset configured table (if no
>>>>> > headset is set, do nothing). No need to do "stop",
>>>>> > double click on a
>>>>> > track, "play". I'm lazy...
>>>>>
>>>>> Doesn't "NEXT" mode do this already? (I think I misunderstand...)
>>>>>
>>>>> > 3) Display a little tag on any already
>>>>> > played track in Playlist, Browse and Library view (to prevent
>>>>> choosing
>>>>> > several time the same track during one session), or a "last
>>>>> > played"date column.
>>>>> > 4) Display a column in Library and Browse with the
>>>>> > Genre ID3 tag; I'm using it to sort my collection by
>>>>> > different music
>>>>> > genre (Salsa, rock, Bachata, Soul, RnB, Rap,...)
>>>>>
>>>>> These should be do-able...
>>>>>
>>>>> > 5) I'm rating my
>>>>> > mp3s with Amarok, so I'll try to change it as well so the
>>>>> > rating value
>>>>> > will be inserted in the file itself (as an extended ID3 tag),
>>>>> > and make
>>>>> > mixxx import/sync with this tag. it would be perfect to easily
>>>>> display
>>>>> > best musics to the user.
>>>>>
>>>>> Mixxx doesn't have ID3/ogg writing support, so this will take some
>>>>> work.
>>>>>
>>>>> > 6) (don't know how to do this but this
>>>>> > would definitively rocks) Implements a Facet view for the
>>>>> > "Library"view (you know, three column
>>>>> > Genre/Artist/Album like in rythmbox)
>>>>>
>>>>> Some people have requested alternate library views. This might be a lot
>>>>> of work too, and would definitely be something worth discussing later.
>>>>>
>>>>> In the meantime, I would start on something simple like fixing the play
>>>>> queue ordering. For all the library stuff, the central source file is
>>>>> "src/track.cpp" (the "Track" class should really be called "Library", it's
>>>>> confusing). The play queue is just a playlist called m_qPlayQueue or
>>>>> something in the Track class. I forget how the play queue view works off
>>>>> the
>>>>> top of my head, but our library code uses QT's model/view paradigm.
>>>>>
>>>>> Also note, each song is represented internally by a "TrackInfoObject"
>>>>> (src/trackinfoobject.cpp).
>>>>>
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I
>>>>> > would really appreciate any hint on these items, where is the best
>>>>> > place in the code to perform the changes, if there is simple way of
>>>>> > doing this, ...
>>>>> >
>>>>> > or if they are bad ideas...
>>>>>
>>>>> Most of these are reasonable ideas, but I would definitely start with
>>>>> bug fixing. Trying to fix something that bugs you is a good way to learn
>>>>> Mixxx's library code. :)
>>>>>
>>>>> >
>>>>> > But first... how can I extract the latest 1.6.x SVN version so I
>>>>> > can start hacking it tonight? (I only know svn to extract latest
>>>>> > trunk version).
>>>>> > Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>> Trunk is the latest 1.6.x SVN version. All of our main development goes
>>>>> on there and we build our releases from there. To get Mixxx from SVN, run:
>>>>> svn co https://mixxx.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/mixxx/trunk/mixxx
>>>>>
>>>>> Here's some useful wiki pages that should answer some of your other
>>>>> questions:
>>>>> http://mixxx.org/wiki/doku.php/coding_guidelines
>>>>> http://mixxx.org/wiki/doku.php/submitting_patches
>>>>> http://mixxx.org/wiki/doku.php/development_roadmap
>>>>> http://mixxx.org/wiki/doku.php/compiling_on_linux
>>>>>
>>>>> Lastly, if you send us a few good patches, we have no problems with
>>>>> giving people SVN access.
>>>>>
>>>>> Feel free to ask any other questions you have about development or any
>>>>> of the library code!
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Albert
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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