Rockbox Development > Feature Ideas
selecting multiple files for copy/cut/delete
gulak:
--- Quote from: nls on April 05, 2010, 01:57:45 AM ---I would like this feature, but i see no reason for it to be implemented as a plugin.
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Only to list some reasons:
The more you put into the core the more complicate the code will be and the more difficult it will be to maintain it. It's also hard to remove a functionality cleanly from the core when it becomes obsolete or not wanted. It's always better to implement things as module, where the user has the choice to put together what he wants.
But these are not the reasons for me to implement it as a plugin. For me it's the simple reason that I was looking for way to implement features I want without having to resolve conflicts after each svn update.
--- Quote from: nls on April 05, 2010, 01:57:45 AM ---select and start multi could even be merged.
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Or leave Select but merge Start and End multi select into one. I called it "auto-select". Applied on your example it means, when the cursor is at the 4th element, you can turn on auto-select, go down to the 8th element - every element you've passed is automatically selected - and turn off auto-selection at the 8th element.
Auto-Selection is something I implemented but have never used.
[Saint]:
gulak,
Does this plugin of your exist anywhere?
I mean, obviously you have it ;), but is it posted anywhere?
I actually think this *would* have a pretty good chance of making it into SVN.
Especially if it was opened up to the rest of the developer community to further improve on (if needed).
Just my two cents worth...
[St.]
gulak:
--- Quote from: [St.] on April 18, 2010, 03:03:56 AM ---Does this plugin of your exist anywhere?
I mean, obviously you have it ;), but is it posted anywhere?
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I can put it online again, if you have a sansa e200 and know how to patch and compile. Just give me a PM and I'll PM you the url where you can download it. In this forum it's not allowed for us user to share codes or discuss about codes which are not in svn.
--- Quote from: [St.] on April 18, 2010, 03:03:56 AM ---I actually think this *would* have a pretty good chance of making it into SVN.
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This feature has as much chance as every other feature idea proposed in this forum.
As long as no Rockbox developer implements it, it won't get in.
--- Quote from: [St.] on April 18, 2010, 03:03:56 AM ---Especially if it was opened up to the rest of the developer community to further improve on (if needed).
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Zero comments or "Please read the coding guideline" is the best feedback that you can get as an external developer if you put a patch on the tracker. You can't even edit/correct your own posts there.
Llorean:
This is an extremely negative attitude. Plenty of features have come from patches on the tracker and nearly every developer currently coding Rockbox started off as an "external" developer.
If you receive many comments of "please read the coding guidelines" maybe you should consider that they're taken seriously and attempt to meet them. Other than that, follow through with your patch - find out why nobody's making comments (is there no interest in the feature from developers?) and try to find a single developer who's actually interested in it.
saratoga:
--- Quote from: gulak on April 19, 2010, 02:49:41 PM ---Zero comments or "Please read the coding guideline" is the best feedback that you can get as an external developer if you put a patch on the tracker. You can't even edit/correct your own posts there.
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Have you even looked at the patch tracker? Theres literally several thousand counter examples.
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