When you are in the recordings screen from mythfrontend you can hit F1 and it will show a help pop up explaining what the icons mean next to recordings (like auto expire, commerical flaged, etc...)
I found that by accident once. Maybe this functionality could be reused in other areas of myth or maybe it already is I haven't looked. Ash. On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 01:21:00 -0500, Maverick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I daresay what's clearly needed most of all is a help system, so > > new users do not remain unaware of features and commands open to > > them. I'm not too surprised the users are unaware of this, you have > > to go into mythweb (which many users might not even know exists) > > and set up keystrokes for the jump commands for all your frontends > > (independently) then LIRC configuration to have your remote issue those > > keys. > > As a fairly new user of mythtv, I have to agree that a help system or > "new user documentation" would be helpful. Something non-technical and > more user manual related. I found that the documentation available for > mythtv was good, and reasonably thorough, although lacking a few > (common?) technical issues, but I have only been able to find a couple > pages worth of how to use mythtv itself. One thing that I thought > rocked about my ReplayTV was it came with a recorded "show" of how to > use the box. It was about a half hour long, and showed how each menu > worked and how to schedule shows, etc. > > I'd be willing to help contribute to a user manual, although, I'm > still learning how to use mythtv by trial and error. :) > > -Kenneth > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > >
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