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Re: Constuctive suggestion/Attracting more users/Install theme with first launch
Llorean:
default.cfg can very easily be tweaked and modified for target-specific settings without having to have ifdefs in the code.
As well, a user can create a known good .cfg setup, and if they choose to Reset their settings have it fall back to their personal known good rather than to some hard default.
JdGordon:
ok, well im indifferent then i guess, except I dont think this is really needed anymore anyway, seen as now the only time settings will be reset is if the user asks for it. Had we discussed this before the config block removal it would have been easy to see the advantage
Llorean:
Yes, but part of this is target-specific defaults.
iPod 5G probably should not have the same default font as the Archos Recorder, for example.
Having a default.cfg allows a different one to be packaged with each build to easily load defaults that are appropriate to the hardware, and is still customizable so that if say... a user sets their colors all wrong, or mashes random things in their pockets, and wants to clear their settings, it can clear to that file which is something they've tested and no is good.
We're talking user initiated clearings here.
bluebrother:
I indeed was referring to rockbox., and that isn't hidden in the default view. Maybe it would be good to remove that from the default "supported" view, or change the default view to "music" ... having the firmware file startable is nice for testing, but I'm pretty sure the average user will never need it.
Llorean:
There is a plan to move rockbox.target into /.rockbox/. The bootloaders on the iRiver HXXX series and iPods allow rockbox.target to be hidden in the /.rockbox/ folder safely. It just needs to finish being rolled out like that.
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