I've finally produced a 6.2-compatible version of my "lazy searching"
patch for SlimServer, which I originally made available in January for
SlimServer 5.4.1 (and referenced by kdf for bug#386).

For those not familiar, it lets the user very quickly search using the
remote control without having to "multi-tap" to get at non-first
letters, or to wait/press right-arrow between letters on the same key.
Note this isn't "predictive text" as seen on mobile phones as there's
no suggestion of alternatives that are narrowed as the user is typing
(in my opinion - if anyone knows different then let me know and I'll
cease to make it available).

I hope it may be of some use. You can find it on my webpage here:
http://hickinbottom.demon.co.uk/SlimServer/lazy_searching.htm

Whilst not a complete solution for bug #386
(http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=386), I believe it's as
close as we might get with SlimServer.

I'm going to add a preference to allow the user to control whether this
functionality is enabled or not - I'll post an updated patch to the bug
when I've made some progress so subscribe to it for updates.


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hickinbottoms

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Stuart
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