Hi Dennis,

Dennis Hilmar wrote:
> Hi guys
> 
> 
> On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 5:30 PM, Olivier Tilloy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi (again) Jon,
> 
>     Jon Danao wrote:
>     > Hi Elisa friends!
>     >
>     > I posted this in the forums but no one seems to have the answer. I
>     > wanted to put a background image behind Elisa's interface, like a
>     > wallpaper so it wont just be black. How do I do this? I know it
>     involves
>     > some more python code... I think.
> 
> 
> I had the exact same idea... and a little more to it.
> There should be a setting for what should be displayed on the background
> layer, like if people wanted just a color, a picture, maybe he want a
> random slide show. These settings are only overwritten when movies or
> pictures are displayed.

Interesting indeed. With the direction we seem to be taking, as I
explained in my answer to Jon, the background will display contextual
artwork for the currently playing/last played media. That is, always.

>     That's currently not [very] easily doable because it involves modifying
>     the frontend. It's not impossible though, if you don't fear putting your
>     hands into python code. The frontend code is in the plugin called
>     "poblesec".
> 
> 
> poplesec... isn't that a metro?? Well its really bad naming convention
> for non-spanish hackers  :S

Poblesec is the name of a neighbourhood of Barcelona
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sants-Montju%C3%AFc).
It is by no means a naming convention, merely the name of a plugin. If
you write a plugin you can call it "dennis" if you like :)

>     There are short terms plans for such a feature: we want to display in
>     background contextual visual information related to the currently
>     playing or last played media.
> 
>     > Jon Danao
>     > danao.org <http://danao.org> <http://danao.org>
>     > <http://danao.org>
> 
>     Cheers,
> 
>     Olivier
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Mvh
> Dennis Hilmar
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Cheers,

Olivier

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