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Grafthos:
With all due respect,

If you're speaking about the quick screen,  I believe "delete" is not allowed to be added as a quick select item.  If it is then I guess I'm doing it wrong?

Likewise, sir, even if it WAS allowed, that would still be more than one button-press and also requires rudimentary navigation; generally speaking, that is.  Therefore sometimes it would require the user to glance down at his/her player to confirm that these functions were indeed being carried out correctly.  This is EXACTLY what is a 'pain-in-the-ass,' so to speak for those of us who wish to preview large quantities of audio files for the chopping block whilst performing other activities in our daily lives - especially driving.

It would be heaven on earth if I could reach down into my pocket and without looking hit one button, and viola - deleted.

You mention the word "hot key" and I promise you I did my best to find the information you were referring to but I could not.

The words "hotkey" and "hot key" are nowhere in the RockBox manuals so I wouldn't know where else to look.  Nor do they refer to much else in these forums that I have found.

I'm not asking you to explain it to me but if I'm wrong I would appreciate if you would point me toward something I can read.

I'm willing to learn please.

saratoga:

--- Quote from: Grafthos on April 04, 2010, 05:42:39 PM ---The words "hotkey" and "hot key" are nowhere in the RockBox manuals so I wouldn't know where else to look.  Nor do they refer to much else in these forums that I have found.

--- End quote ---

The e200 manual has been offline for several days now, so I'm not sure what you were looking at unless you compiled your own.  When it comes back online, it should be there.

Blue Dude:
I wrote the hotkey patch precisely for this application, and (surprise!) chose the short-record keypress on the e200 as well.  The manual now has full details on hotkeys, but the summary is this: the File Browser and WPS screens now have a button that, when pressed, execute a function within that screen's context menu.  That function is user assigned and is enabled by going into the context menu and pressing the hotkey (short record) on a menu function.  If the function is assignable (delete is one of them), then a confirmation dialog pops up and you can approve it.  If you approve, then the hotkey is assigned to that function and the hotkey is active for that screen.  You can have different assignments for each screen.  I have delete assigned to the file browser and pitchscreen assigned to the WPS, for instance.  If you assign delete to the WPS, you can delete the file currently playing and (I think) start playing the next song in the playlist.  You will still have a confirmation dialog with delete, though, so it's really two keypresses (rec, then select) per deletion.  You can do all that without looking, which is the point.


Hm, upon some experimentation it appears that the result isn't what you'd expect.  You can delete while playing but the behavior isn't clean.  The playlist doesn't update as you'd expect.  This is a bug in the buffering code that will be addressed soon.

Grafthos:
Blue Dude & Saratoga,

Thank you for the replies.  I download the manual and the build - confirmed.

I'll try it out for the next few days and see how it goes.


Again, thanks for your selfless service.  You guys deserve a reward.

Yotto:
I think I may use - daily - this "bug" you're referring to which I consider a very nice feature. I frequently delete the track I'm currently listening to (knowing that it's buffered) and want it to play to the end.

Please don't say you'll change it! Pretty please?

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