Re: [Freevo-users] lcd plugin

2005-10-29 Thread Matthew Bettencourt
I have been toying with the idea of redoing the lcd part in freevo since i also have a new lcd display. I was thinking of reworking it to do basically what it does now when buttons are pressed and for a short time after that. However, act more like a system clock when it is idle. Kinda like

Re: [Freevo-users] lcd plugin

2005-10-29 Thread Karl Lattimer
How about clock on the first line, on the second line do things like scroll headlines, weather, sysinfo etc... On Sat, 2005-10-29 at 13:04 -0600, Matthew Bettencourt wrote: I have been toying with the idea of redoing the lcd part in freevo since i also have a new lcd display. I was thinking

Re: [Freevo-users] lcd plugin

2005-10-29 Thread Matthew Bettencourt
Karl Lattimer wrote: How about clock on the first line, on the second line do things like scroll headlines, weather, sysinfo etc... Being that I havent even fired up emacs yet, sure, that sounds reasonable? I don't know how to interact with the freevo headlines/weather stuff. I know i can

Re: [Freevo-users] lcd plugin

2005-10-29 Thread Karl Lattimer
I think the lcd plugin including track length, position, name etc... would be best when playing a movie but If you look at a DVD player one issue that always bugs me is that they insist on having a constantly moving/flickering playing icon. This is stupid and distracting. the screen should

Re: [Freevo-users] lcd plugin

2005-10-29 Thread Jaap Struyk
Op za 29-10-2005, om 22:07 schreef Karl Lattimer: How about clock on the first line, on the second line do things like scroll headlines, weather, sysinfo etc... I adapted the lcd.py to show the clock and date when idle (it wasn't, it only shows clock on 4x20/16 on startup) but the clock on