From: Daniel Caujolle-B. <seg...@cl...> - 2002-06-04 20:02:29
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Hi Guenter, Guenter Bartsch wrote: > hi siggi, > > On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, Siggi Langauf wrote: > > >>>...of course this means that the log window should no longer be hidden >>>from the user - one of the first things i intend to fix when i start >>>working on xine-ui2 :) >> >>Hmmm, I don't think that ordinary users will be interested in all of the >>logs. Actually, I'm not even interested in them most of the time. > > > erm - the log window was specifically designed for end-users - > unfortunately there's the tendency to log debug info to it, which is of > course wrong and i'm trying to remove such code whenever i encounter it. > > adding a button to the panel to pop up the log window of course doesn't > mean to show the window all the time, but if something goes wrong users > could be interested in more information so its a good idea to give them > the opportunity to get it. I'd also like to turn the log window into a > general online help window, so faq, readme and other documentation can be > displayed there as well. i think this is especially usefull for end-users > which have pre-installed xine so they don't have to find out where their > distribution hides documentation (/usr/share/doc/...) but can find > helpfull information right away. Right now ( i guess you saw the #warning i put in xine-ui about log window and keybinding editor), you can show the log window using a button. Personnaly, i think putting a button for this feature in the panel window isn't a good idea, it's a lot of work for something (i bet) user never take care, but, as usual, it's only my opinion. About the readme, etc.., i' asking myself here: did you ever use the setup window ?? ;-) HELP, README and FAQ (last two localized, if possible), are already there for many months now (since setup window creation, IIRC). Cheers. -- 73's de Daniel, F1RMB. -=- Daniel Caujolle-Bert -=- seg...@cl... -=- -=- f1...@f1... (AMPR NET) -=- |