[mythtv] [mythtv-commits] Ticket #3243: Enhanced Conflict Display

[Paul Harrison]

Stuart Morgan wrote:
> On Tuesday 30 October 2007 12:27:00 Justin Hornsby wrote:
>   
>> MythTV wrote:
>>     
>>> #3243: Enhanced Conflict Display
>>> -----------------------+-------------------------------------------------
>>> --- Reporter:  anonymous  |        Owner:  paulh
>>>      Type:  patch      |       Status:  closed
>>>  Priority:  minor      |    Milestone:  0.21
>>> Component:  mythtv     |      Version:  head
>>>  Severity:  medium     |   Resolution:  fixed
>>>   Mlocked:  0          |
>>> -----------------------+-------------------------------------------------
>>> --- Changes (by paulh):
>>>
>>>   * status:  new => closed
>>>   * resolution:  => fixed
>>>
>>>
>>> Comment:
>>>
>>>  (In [14773]) On the view scheduled recordings screen if there are
>>>  conflicting recordings
>>>  change the colour of the conflicting message and indicate the date of
>>> the first conflict.
>>>
>>>  Requires some theme changes but old themes will continue to work as
>>> before if
>>>  the new text element isn't found. I'm sure someone can come up with some
>>>  better colours for the warning text :-).
>>>
>>>  Patch from cizek (at) rcn.com modified so the message strings are still
>>>  translatable and use the short date format for the date (to a lot of
>>>  people
>>>  11/1 is the 11th of January). Closes #3243.
>>>       
>> I'm not averse to having to change stuff in themes (honest!) but rather
>> than go about things this way, would it not be altogether better to add
>> an extra filter to the 'upcoming recordings' screen to only show conflicts?
>>
>> The scheme this change brings about only tells when the 1st conflict is
>> - it might be 13 days and 12 hours down my list of upcoming shows -
>> hardly ideal IMHO.
>>
>> I think a nice '1 - All, 2 - Important, 3- Conflicts' option would be
>> much more useful & easy to use instead,
>>     
>
> I'll second this. I'm working on a new theme right now and space is pretty 
> limited, especially if you respect the 5% overscan border. Not only do you 
> have to find room for this extra information, you have to do it within the 
> overall design/layout that you are working with. Using TV readable font sizes 
> most themes already struggle to keep text within their areas.
>
> The alternative Justin has suggested seems more useful too.
>   

It doesn't require any additional screen area? It just adds a new text
area over the top of the existing one to allow the conflicting message
to be shown in a different colour. It is also optional if you don't want
it in your theme just leave it out.

Paul H.
 

Paul H.