Re: Help wanted?

[<loi...@gm...>]

17 Jun 2007 15:34:00 +0200, Christoph Bartelmus <li...@ba...>:
>
> Hi!
>
> Lo=EFc Dardant "loi...@gm..." wrote:
> [...]
> >> 4. GUI for irrecord
>
> > What do you mean for this GUI ? Have you seen my mail about UMC ?
> > I have no response of you, about the new name space. Have you seen my
> try
> > about an applet for Lirc ?
> >
> > I want to create of team for Lirc in UMC, so I guess we can do some wor=
k
> > together.
>
> What I mean is to simply convert irrecord from a console only program to
> a more user-friendly GUI based program. I guess the applet you are
> thinking of is more focussed on lircrc configuration.


The applet will give (see for spec
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RemoteControlApplet) the right to run/stop the
deamon (lircd). I think it's a bit difficult for some users to open a
terminal and write some commands. So this applet for the beginning is just
for this. But in the umc team we have some guys motivated to develop/improv=
e
lirc. So maybe this applet can be an entry for a better tool, wich include
something for irrecord and provide a list of remote control that you can
choose. What do you think about that ?

I'm on holiday (student ;)) so I will start this work very quickly. After
the first point (run/stop lircd), I guess we can do more ! So if I have
understand, irrecord is simply a program that create a lircd.conf file. It
will be very nice if we can do this with a GUI, totaly agree with you. If
you have some idea of the GUI, don't hesite to tell me.

Well, about the new name space: I think it is a good idea and I support
> this.


Thanks ;)

Still not fully solved to me is what to do with button names that
> cannot be mapped to the input name space.


Yes it's a big problem.  Personnaly I think some of them  can be delete, to
start with a basic file. Later, users can tell you (lirc), to add others
keys. I think you should distribute "official" lircd.conf file for each
remote control (when the new name space will be available). You know what I
mean ?

Also interesting would be to run your scripts on all remote control
> definitions on lirc.org, not only the ones bundled in the source
> tarball.


Yes it's what I called "the full analysis". For the moment we can apply my
script to all remote control, but some keys are not traduced and I try to
"employ" other guys to help me in this task.

One of the next features I will include in lircd is to provide a lirc
> based input device using uinput. That means once we have a config file
> fully based on the input name space, lircd will be able to convert IR
> input directly to key events that can be received by all applications
> without further configuration. Cf. my discussion with Jon Smirl on the
> LKML a while ago.


If I have understand (tell if not), it's what I try. If every remote contro=
l
are with the new name space, lircrc file can be suppressed no ? because the
apps can receive directly the keys define in the name space no?

I'm very happy to see that we can work together. I wait your mail ;)

Christoph
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