Yoni Rabkin <[email protected]> writes:
> Hello all,
>
> Emms is not easy enough to use out of the box. It isn't terrible
> either, but it can be made better.
+1 I use EMMS every day (and LOVE it), but it took me a while to set it
all up. My son (as a 6th-grader) wanted to try it as well, but he
quickly gave up.
> If anyone has any ideas about how we can improve Emms in this regard,
> please don't be a stranger and hop on into this thread.
Some ideas off the top of my config:
IDEA 1.
Ship with no-cover images by default, and make them work out of the box.
(The 'no cover image' link in the manual rarely works, BTW.)
IDEA 2.
Bind SPC to play/pause, like other players do:
(keymap-set emms-browser-mode-map "SPC" #'emms-player-mpd-pause))
(keymap-set emms-playlist-mode-map "SPC" #'emms-player-mpd-pause))
IDEA 3.
Make TAB expand/collapse items in the EMMS Browser mode, like standard
Emacs outlines do:
(keymap-set emms-browser-mode-map
"<tab>"
#'emms-browser-toggle-subitems)
IDEA 4.
Highlight the current line in both the EMMS Playlist mode by default:
(add-hook 'emms-browser-mode-hook #'hl-line-mode)
(add-hook 'emms-playlist-mode-hook #'hl-line-mode)
Rudy
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