[vdr] Re: Request regarding autopid and setting timers in vdr-1.4.x

[Klaus Schmidinger <Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de>]

Sebastian Kemper wrote:
> 
> Klaus Schmidinger wrote:
> > Sebastian Kemper wrote:
> >
> >>Klaus Schmidinger wrote:
> >>
> >>>Sebastian Kemper wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Hello Klaus!
> >>>>
> >>>>I still use vanilla vdr-1.2.6 but for sure I'm looking forward to the
> >>>>stable 1.4.x VDR. So I wanted to ask you two things.
> >>>>First, can you include a button in the "set timer" menu (the menu one
> >>>>enters after e.g. pressing "Record" in the "Programs" menu. Sometimes my
> >>>>parents forget to press "OK" because there is no hint to do so, and then
> >>>>the program is not getting recorded.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>The button is already there - it's the "Ok" button.
> >>
> >>Sorry, I can't see the "OK" button in vdr-1.3.4.
> >>Sebastian
> >
> >
> > It's on your remote control - well, maybe I shouldn't have joked
> > about this...
> >
> > I don't want to add an explicit color button for this, because the
> > OK button already has this functionality. The question is whether
> > there should be a prompt in case the user doesn't press Ok, but maybe
> > "Menu" or "Back" to leave the timer editing screen. I believe that's
> > the way to go.
> >
> > Klaus
> >
> >
> Hi Klaus!
> 
> I didn't get that joke. Now that I do so I see your problem. But maybe
> you can remove the "OK" from this menu and add colored buttons, maybe
> red and green, labeled "Cancel" and "Confirm" or "Accept". What do you
> think?

The "natural" key to confirm some input is the Ok key, so that's not
going to change. Plus, I will need at least one colored button to allow
switching between "single shot" and "periodical" timers (which is currently
done by pressing Left or Right until the "Day" field runs into the MTWTFSS
mode, but this is not obvious). And I don't want to waste color buttons
for standard things as Ok/Cancel (Cancel can always be done by pressing either
Back or Menu).

What I could think of would be _not_ to present the "Edit timer" menu at
all when somebody presses "Record" in the "Schedule" menu, but rather just
display an info message saying "Timer set" or something like that. If the
user wants to modify the timer, he/she can always go into the Timers menu
and do so from there.

Klaus


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