I think this is a good idea.

However, perhaps it would be helpful to document in the manual how to roll
your own streams.emms type playlist as this is not obvious (at least to
me!).

---Fran


On Mon, 12 Aug 2019 at 00:55, Yoni Rabkin <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> The streams mode in Emms is a kludge. I've previously commented on a
> proposed course of action, but after trying my new streams mode
> privately decided that it is no good either.
>
> I've given it some thought and decided on a new course of action. I'm
> going to throw this idea out for comment for one month before
> implementing it:
>
>     * The entire emms-streams.el file and the associated mode will be
>       removed completely from Emms.
>
>     * A trimmed down, native-format playlist file called streams.emms
>       will be included in the `lisp' directory (it is technically a Lisp
>       file.)
>
>     * The Emms manual will advise that Emms comes with a small selection
>       of online streaming stations which can be loaded with `M-x
>       emms-add-playlist .../lisp/streams.emms'.
>
>     * The command `M-x emms-streams' will display a message to the
>       effect that the feature has been removed, and point to the
>       relevant text in the manual. This will persist for the duration of
>       a single point release (that is, six months.) Then the M-x
>       emms-streams command will be removed.
>
> --
>    "Cut your own wood and it will warm you twice"
>
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