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yegods:
i was working on a new feature, which was to be a setting for car mode versus unplugged.  it would load a user chosen theme whenever this mode changed.  i.e. you could select one theme for when you're plugged into the car, and one for when you're unplugged walking around.

i have the feature working, but then i'm thinking... why not extend the feature to load the whole config file on mode switch.  i.e. instead of selecting an unplugged theme, you select an unplugged config file.

what do you think?  which feature seems more useful?  which if any would you use?

Febs:
I'd like to see the whole .cfg, rather than just a theme.  I have a car eq, for example, that I could have automatically loaded, and I also always set the volume to 0 dB in the car.

Llorean:
There's no difference between a .cfg and a theme beyond which folder it looks for them in, though. No reason at all not to allow a .cfg to be loaded, since one of those can always set a theme anyway.

bascule:
Wouln't it be easier to have two config files, one of which includes 'car adapter mode' and the other that doesn't?

It's no more difficult (in fact probably quicker) to pick a new config than it is to change the Car Adapter Mode.

Seems like a solution looking for a problem to me...

Either:
Settings > Browse Themes or
Settings > Manage Settings > Browse .cfg files

Vs:
Settings > General Settings > System > Car Adapter Mode

yegods:

--- Quote ---Wouln't it be easier to have two config files, one of which includes 'car adapter mode' and the other that doesn't?
--- End quote ---

actually no, (i mean, yes that's how it would work), the idea is that the car adapter mode sensor would automatically load the config file appropraite for whichever mode you enter.  i.e. when you unplug your player from the car, then it loads the "unplugged" config file.  no extra work needed.

the only work to be done would be to select which config files go with which mode.  i already have most of the code to do that -- but currently it is "theme" based.  i'll work on changing that.

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