On Jan 8, 2006, at 9:03 PM, David Abrahams wrote:
Brad DerManouelian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
On Jan 8, 2006, at 6:13 PM, David Abrahams wrote:
Within the MythTV frontend on my mac the mouse becomes invisible and
inoperable. At first I thought that was just how MythTV worked, but
then I happened to access the frontend over VNC from a Linux box,
and
the mouse worked! Can anyone tell me how to get the mouse
working on
my MacOS frontend?
Thanks in advance,
Dave
Utilities/Setup->Appearance->Screen Settings (second screen in
Appearance)
There's a checkbox for Hide Mouse Cursor in Myth
You'll find that some buttons works with a mouse, but theme-specific
stuff probably won't.
Oh, like the top-level menus. Too bad :(
Myth isn't meant to be used with a mouse, but there is some support
for it left over from legacy code, I believe. You'd be much better
off getting used to not using the mouse. It's faster... really!
I am an inveterate emacs user and I generally prefer not using a
mouse... really! But Myth's keyboard interface is so unpredictable
for me (sometimes spacebar selects/presses the current widget --
e.g. for buttons -- but if you're on a checkbox it presses the "Next"
button!?!) that a mouse is much less frustrating. Also in
configuration screens with many items it's a lot faster to click the
*one* I care about. Furthermore, I'd much rather keep a little mouse
on my coffee table than an entire keyboard. Yes, I will be setting up
a remote, but that will inherit all the same problems of the
keyboard UI.
There's very little I've found in the MythTV UI that can really take
advantage of the keyboard anyway. In fact, it seems like in many
screens where a keyboard _could_ be really great, the UI only lets you
use the arrow keys. For example, when setting the duration or time of
a recording in the manual record screen I should be able to type in a
number. Instead I can only scroll through a list of numbers that
often
doesn't include the exact value I want.
A remote would help quite a bit actually. I've set up mine and I
never have to touch the keyboard. Full control from across the room
is nice. :) The only time I ever touch the keyboard is when I enter a
search phrase.
Also keep in mind that there are major UI changes in the works (from
what I've read, anyway).
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