Re: [Lcd4linux-devel] [lcd4linux] timer-Widget

[Michael R. <re...@eu...>]

Hi there,

> On Friday 18 August 2006 22:51, Michael Reinelt wrote:
>> It will work the following way: You can have a layout larger than your
>> display (e.g. 6 rows for a 4x20 displays), and you can somehow "scroll"
>> some of the rows.

> Hey, cool. That's exactly what i'd like to have for the input buttons on
> my display since it enables me to switch between different views
> automatically.
> 
> Why didn't your do it with multiple Display sections and the possibility
> to switch between them? This would be more intuitive, i think ...

You are talking about "Layout" sections, don't you?

This will be another possibility. I'm planning a plugin whioch can
change the current layout to another one. But this will be not that
easy, because the current code wasn't designed to "close" a layout. I'm
afraid there will be lots of unwanted side-effects (orphaned timers,
memory leaks, ...)

Another idea is to use the layers. This would solve the "normal display
interrupted by a phone call" issue.

One would use the normal layout on layer 1, and place the ISDN widgets
on layer 2, but make layer 2 invisible. Whenever a call happens, layer 2
will be made visible for some time (and will overlay layer 1, hiding the
widgets placed there)


bye, Michael

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