I prefer the navigation of the Mythbuntu theme the way it currently is. This works great with my Logitech Harmony remotes' arrow keys. However, the fact that I have a programmable remote means that I can configure my arrow keys to replicate almost any key sequence required.
On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Thomas Mashos <tho...@mashos.com> wrote: > 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 >
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