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One button press -> Remove current song from list, jump to next song

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Llorean:

--- Quote from: Mosician on January 03, 2009, 11:06:14 AM ---
--- Quote ---How do you propose to do fine-seeking with it set at 1 minute, then? Just sit and wait 45 seconds if you need to go 15 seconds back after getting nearby?
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I am not sure Llorean if you read the Rockbox manual. See chapter 7.15 Skip Length

"
Note: To skip tracks with this setting set to a time interval, press Short Prev + Long Next to go forward and Short Next + Long Prev to go back.
"

I think this should answer your above question.

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That doesn't answer my question at all. I said "fine seeking" and even clarified what I meant to mean seeking very small amounts. You just told me how to skip tracks which is basically the opposite of what I was asking.


Anyway, this forum is for suggesting ideas for the official version. If you don't think they're suitable for the official version, that's fine, but if you're posting them here we're going to assume that's what you mean because that's what this place is for.

Mosician:

--- Quote from: karashata on January 03, 2009, 12:54:09 PM ---...
replace them with track deletion ... you'd have a lot of users just starting out ending up removing tracks accidentally because they expected holding the skip buttons to do what they should (compared to the OF anyway), and not be deleting the track and skipping to the next.
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Please read more carefully what I wrote above, the main idea is still deleting from the current playlist, btw. I never wrote about full deletion but moving into a separate directory which is something different, and this was only meant as an option.

This is what is written on "Why Rockbox" page:

--- Quote ---We believe that you should never need to go through a series of menus for an action you perform frequently. We also believe that you should be able to configure almost anything about Rockbox you could want, pertaining to functionality. It is written by users, for users.
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As it seems I believe this much more than Rockbox and its developers do.  :-\


--- Quote ---That doesn't answer my question at all. I said "fine seeking" and even clarified what I meant to mean seeking very small amounts. You just told me how to skip tracks which is basically the opposite of what I was asking.
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What was done there for skipping could be done in a similar/same fashion for seeking, I hope it is now more clear what I meant. The important point is that we can use a series of button presses (in this case two button presses) to trigger a certain operation.

Llorean:
So write a patch and show us how it can be done without making any existing features harder to use.

"Customizability" doesn't mean "make Rockbox do everything possible." Once you start getting into jobs better suited for other programs, we start drawing lines. This is one of those jobs that's really better suited for other software. This isn't configuring something pertaining to functionality. This is adding functionality beyond the intended scope of the software. Taking its "playback" mode and attempting to turn it into a "library management" mode.

AlexP:
There has to be a limit somewhere on button shortcuts, as we have very limited buttons.  Fast forward and rewind are much, much, ..., much more basic functions of a music player than deleting songs.  I listen to audiobooks fairly often, and I quite like to be able to accurately seek my way to a particular place in a file.  I think I have deleted a file from within Rockbox maybe three times in four years - I don't copy stuff on I don't like.  Customizable buttons are generally agreed to be not wanted, as apart from anything else it would be a support nightmare.

As other have said in this thread Rockbox is about customisability up to a sensible limit - however as it is all nice and open source and that you are of course free to do whatever you want with it yourself.

yapper:
I frequently delete songs on my DAP, but I don't find the current keypress sequence troublesome at all.

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