[mythtv] Ticket #7887: Additional MusicExitAction option for MythMusic

[Paul Harrison]

Garrick wrote:
>> the way to work around
>> this *without* code is to simply use the exit to main menu jumppoint to
>> leave MythMusic.
>>     
>
> This is a bigger issue than just the MythMusic plugin (a remote
> control has no way of knowing that MythTV is currently in the
> MythMusic plugin as opposed to some other state).  The jumppoint does
> not exit back to the main menu from all states of all MythTV plugins.
> A series of ESCAPEs has been the only way (short of killing and
> restarting the frontend) to guarantee that the MythTV frontend can be
> put into an idle state from any possible state of any plugin or
> activity.
>
> The goal of the patch that I submitted is to allow users to have the
> option of using the very useful "prompt on exit" functionality *and*
> be able to have remote control macros that can exit from any possible
> state.
>
> -Garrick
>
>   

Curious to know where does pressing ESCAPE work and the "Return to Main
Menu" jump point doesn't?

Paul H.