On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 8:51 AM, Jeremy Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Thomas Mashos <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 8:28 AM, Jeremy Jones >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > >> > On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Thomas Mashos <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> Per my previous email, I've added this for discussion (it was sent to >> >> me in a private email). >> >> >> >> "I noticed after migrating to 0.25 (I tend to keep my MythTV setups >> >> stable for long periods) from 0.24 that the Mythbuntu theme was >> >> hardwired to interpret RIGHT as Menu and LEFT as escape, à la the way >> >> all themes behaved pre-0.22. >> >> >> >> Given that the great RIGHT/MENU controversy of 2009 is long past >> >> us--with only one MENU button now needed and horizontal themes >> >> common--I'd prefer to revert the theme to the 0.22-0.24 behavior of >> >> having LEFT and RIGHT wrap and relying on the existing MENU and >> >> ESCAPE bindings. Was there a reason for the change? Do you feel >> >> strongly about it on eway or another?" >> >> >> > Being relatively new to MythTV (started in December of 2010) I am not >> > familiar with the great 2009 controversy, nor do I understand what the >> > post >> > is talking about regarding the change. Unless the change was >> > implemented in >> > the most recent update that Thomas committed to the theme, mine is still >> > working the same as it always has, with the right arrow perorming a >> > select >> > of the item highlighted (for example in the Watch Recordings screen it >> > moves >> > from the selected category into the episodes list to the right). I like >> > the >> > way that works now, and would be opposed to changing that, but I am not >> > sure >> > if that is relevant to the posters question. >> > >> > Can someone please clarify? >> > >> > Jeremy >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Ubuntu-mythtv mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-mythtv >> > >> >> Rather than hitting right to decend into the menus and left to ascend >> back to the top, I believe themes generally require hitting OK to >> decend and BACK to ascend in the menus. The default behavior for all >> themes prior to 0.22 is what you see now in the Mythbuntu theme. This >> default behavior had to change in 0.22 because in 0.22 themes are now >> allowed to have horizontal menus (example >> http://www.mythtv.org/w/images/7/71/Terra_menu3.png). If you open the >> theme chooser and download another theme (IIRC, steppes) you should >> see this behavior of having to hit OK rather than RIGHT to decend into >> a menu. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Thomas Mashos >> >> > So the post was asking about changing the MythBuntu Theme to match the > operation of a horizontal theme? > > Why would that be needed? What functionality would be gained by doing that? > > It seemed to be a post asking why a change was done when I read it, but > based on your description the MythBuntu Theme is the same as all themes were > prior to 0.22, right? > > I for one like it the way it is. I would have a lot of complaints in my > house if the right arrow suddenly didn't move the cursor over into the > episodes pane on the watch recordings screen. I understand the necessity of > a horizontal theme, but I don't understand why we would change one that does > not necessitate that. > > Jeremy > > > > -- > Ubuntu-mythtv mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-mythtv >
Not exactly. The post was about changing menu navigation to work like all the other vertical themes, which currently use the default of OK/ESCAPE rather than RIGHT/LEFT. Currently (AFAIK) we differ in how navigation is handled in our theme (RIGHT/LEFT) from all other themes out there (OK/ESCAPE). Functionality wise I don't think we gain anything from doing it other than consistency for people going from one vertical theme to another. I'll let everyone else weigh in on their thoughts before I say which way I prefer. Thanks, Thomas Mashos -- Ubuntu-mythtv mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-mythtv
