[ubuntu-mythtv] Mythbuntu theme discussion information
As most of you have probably noticed, there have been some recent updates to the Mythbuntu theme in both 0.25 and 0.26. As I've recently taken over developing the theme and been receiving patches from people, I wanted to put a reminder out where things needed to go. Bugs - Theme bugs can be discussed here, although I'd much rather have the discussion in a bug report on Launchpad (https://bugs.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/+filebug). One thing is for certain, the bug will NOT get fixed without a Launchpad bug report, so file a bug report. New/Changed Functionality - Up to this point, I've applied all patches locally, tested, and as long as it worked and I wasn't completely against it I committed it to github. I'm going to start being a little more picky in patch acceptance for new features/changed functionality. If you submit a patch that changes functionality or adds new features, it should probably be attached to a mailing list thread here. The Mythbuntu team reserves the right to commit patches we see as a good change with little or no discussion (eg. if we see a patch on the list and it makes sense we'll probably just add it, no need for a bunch of red tape) Patches - It's easiest for me to take merge requests on github, however I'll take patches here as well (or attached to bug reports on Launchpad). A patch should only change 1 portion of the theme (eg. changes to the OSD and video menus shouldn't be in the same patch). If there is a good reason that multiple things are getting changed in a single patch, I'll might accept it, but it should be a good reason. Patches also need to come with some description of what was changed. An example of a good way to list what is changing in a patch is below. recordings-ui.xml * Use brightness to clearly tell the user where current focus is. * Related to the above, actually make the cursor work like a cursor! No more leaving a copy behind in the left pane while browsing on the right. (Brightness is used to still indicate the active entry in the unfocused pane.) * Remove scrolling from category display (last holdout of the brief scrolling experiment). Instead use multiline and a smaller font to hopefully gracefully display categories no matter how (reasonably) long they might be or what language they are in. Thanks, Thomas Mashos -- Ubuntu-mythtv mailing list Ubuntu-mythtv@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-mythtv
[ubuntu-mythtv] Change Right/Left menu behavior?
Per my previous email, I've added this for discussion (it was sent to me in a private email). I noticed after migrating to 0.25 (I tend to keep my MythTV setups stable for long periods) from 0.24 that the Mythbuntu theme was hardwired to interpret RIGHT as Menu and LEFT as escape, à la the way all themes behaved pre-0.22. Given that the great RIGHT/MENU controversy of 2009 is long past us--with only one MENU button now needed and horizontal themes common--I'd prefer to revert the theme to the 0.22-0.24 behavior of having LEFT and RIGHT wrap and relying on the existing MENU and ESCAPE bindings. Was there a reason for the change? Do you feel strongly about it on eway or another? Thanks, Thomas Mashos -- Ubuntu-mythtv mailing list Ubuntu-mythtv@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-mythtv
Re: [ubuntu-mythtv] Mythbuntu theme discussion information
On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 10:24 AM, Thomas Mashos tho...@mashos.com wrote: On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 8:22 AM, Zoltan Szecsei zolt...@geograph.co.za wrote: On 2012/08/21 17:03, Thomas Mashos wrote: As most of you have probably noticed, there have been some recent updates to the Mythbuntu theme in both 0.25 and 0.26. Hi, I have a pretty much default install of Mythbuntu 12.04, which keeps telling me that 0.26 is available - but doesn't actually tell me how to get it. It does not come down through the normal updates I apply. I haven't given this any thought, but now that you're mentioning this, pray, how do I install it ? (Yes, I'm being lazy, but you prompted the subject :-) ) Thanks regards, Zoltan -- Ubuntu-mythtv mailing list Ubuntu-mythtv@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-mythtv It shouldn't be prompting you for the 0.26 theme on a 0.25 install. Can you send a screenshot of the message? Thanks, Thomas Mashos Are you sure it's not prompting you that the updated theme is available? I have gotten that message since Thomas committed two updates in the last week. Jeremy -- Ubuntu-mythtv mailing list Ubuntu-mythtv@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-mythtv
Re: [ubuntu-mythtv] Change Right/Left menu behavior?
On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 8:51 AM, Jeremy Jones jeremy.dwain.jo...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Thomas Mashos tho...@mashos.com wrote: On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 8:28 AM, Jeremy Jones jeremy.dwain.jo...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Thomas Mashos tho...@mashos.com wrote: Per my previous email, I've added this for discussion (it was sent to me in a private email). I noticed after migrating to 0.25 (I tend to keep my MythTV setups stable for long periods) from 0.24 that the Mythbuntu theme was hardwired to interpret RIGHT as Menu and LEFT as escape, à la the way all themes behaved pre-0.22. Given that the great RIGHT/MENU controversy of 2009 is long past us--with only one MENU button now needed and horizontal themes common--I'd prefer to revert the theme to the 0.22-0.24 behavior of having LEFT and RIGHT wrap and relying on the existing MENU and ESCAPE bindings. Was there a reason for the change? Do you feel strongly about it on eway or another? Being relatively new to MythTV (started in December of 2010) I am not familiar with the great 2009 controversy, nor do I understand what the post is talking about regarding the change. Unless the change was implemented in the most recent update that Thomas committed to the theme, mine is still working the same as it always has, with the right arrow perorming a select of the item highlighted (for example in the Watch Recordings screen it moves from the selected category into the episodes list to the right). I like the way that works now, and would be opposed to changing that, but I am not sure if that is relevant to the posters question. Can someone please clarify? Jeremy -- Ubuntu-mythtv mailing list Ubuntu-mythtv@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-mythtv Rather than hitting right to decend into the menus and left to ascend back to the top, I believe themes generally require hitting OK to decend and BACK to ascend in the menus. The default behavior for all themes prior to 0.22 is what you see now in the Mythbuntu theme. This default behavior had to change in 0.22 because in 0.22 themes are now allowed to have horizontal menus (example http://www.mythtv.org/w/images/7/71/Terra_menu3.png). If you open the theme chooser and download another theme (IIRC, steppes) you should see this behavior of having to hit OK rather than RIGHT to decend into a menu. Thanks, Thomas Mashos So the post was asking about changing the MythBuntu Theme to match the operation of a horizontal theme? Why would that be needed? What functionality would be gained by doing that? It seemed to be a post asking why a change was done when I read it, but based on your description the MythBuntu Theme is the same as all themes were prior to 0.22, right? I for one like it the way it is. I would have a lot of complaints in my house if the right arrow suddenly didn't move the cursor over into the episodes pane on the watch recordings screen. I understand the necessity of a horizontal theme, but I don't understand why we would change one that does not necessitate that. Jeremy -- Ubuntu-mythtv mailing list Ubuntu-mythtv@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-mythtv Not exactly. The post was about changing menu navigation to work like all the other vertical themes, which currently use the default of OK/ESCAPE rather than RIGHT/LEFT. Currently (AFAIK) we differ in how navigation is handled in our theme (RIGHT/LEFT) from all other themes out there (OK/ESCAPE). Functionality wise I don't think we gain anything from doing it other than consistency for people going from one vertical theme to another. I'll let everyone else weigh in on their thoughts before I say which way I prefer. Thanks, Thomas Mashos -- Ubuntu-mythtv mailing list Ubuntu-mythtv@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-mythtv
