Hi Martin

> Personally, I am not using MusicInfoSCR and haven't even looked at it -
> what a shame...

And I never had a look at your screensaver (just because I didn't like the  
fact of having to register somewhere)... until a few minutes ago.

> Maybe someone else can comment this...

I tried to add the custom format as erland mentioned. But there are a few  
things which imho do make it harder than necessary. Wouldn't it be easier  
to store the graphics in a .bmp (custom font) file instead of converting  
them over and over again? One problem I see implementing the format string  
is the fact that you always need to know the client (which isn't possible  
with title formats). If the graphics were pre-built you wouldn't have to  
calculate the framebuffer (getFramebuf) over and over again, further  
avoiding even more global variables (gxwidth, ) and passing around of the  
client object. And there is a three lines font available in SlimServer.  
Why bother building your own?

(and BTW: your comment on line 2009 is quite correct - quite some bits of  
that code aren't necessary ;-))

-- 

Michael

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