Support and General Use > User Interface and Voice
Proposal for a better text editor
DefineByte:
The Ipod Video doesn't have a button to switch pages currently (looking at the manual). Easy enough to add. As I said, with a few changes (wrapping to the same line, said paging button) the only major problem I'd have with paging is aesthetic (I said that right? xD).
Okay, another idea popped into my head that is more or less the same as previous ideas but would work better on really tiny screens (I think):
j
k
playlist
m
n
The (switchable) ribbon would scroll vertically over the current character to be changed instead of at the top of the screen.
Yes, I am in fact bored. 8-)
j8048188:
If nothing else, the flyspray patch will greatly improve the ease of use with the keyboard.
DancemasterGlenn:
--- Quote from: DefineByte on April 18, 2008, 05:30:01 AM ---The Ipod Video doesn't have a button to switch pages currently (looking at the manual). Easy enough to add.
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It didn't need pages before, since right now all the characters are jumbled on the same screen. This would take care of that, if I understood correctly. See my comments on the flyspray task for potential keybindings.
--- Quote ---As I said, with a few changes (wrapping to the same line, said paging button) the only major problem I'd have with paging is aesthetic (I said that right? xD).
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That was my thinking, but this other method seems like it will make the most sense, in the end. Not to mention it'll be easier to code and have things be nice and visible.
--- Quote ---Okay, another idea popped into my head that is more or less the same as previous ideas but would work better on really tiny screens (I think):
j
k
playlist
m
n
The (switchable) ribbon would scroll vertically over the current character to be changed instead of at the top of the screen.
Yes, I am in fact bored. 8-)
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Haha, you sure are! It's a cool idea (and would be a wonderful pair to my original idea), but it's going to meet with the same criticisms of my original work, unfortunately. It looks awesome though, so don't stop brainstorming by any means.
--- Quote ---If nothing else, the flyspray patch will greatly improve the ease of use with the keyboard.
--- End quote ---
That's the plan!
bascule:
Sorry to disappoint, but I posted a feature request, not a patch. AFAIK, no-one has even considered coding it.
MarcGuay:
I linked the feature request to a patch that, if I understand it correctly, makes similar changes, at least to the way the scroll wheel behaves in the text editor screen.
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