[mythtv-users] Simultaneous recordings fail spectacularly [SOLVED!]

[chris at cpr.homelinux.net]

On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 09:48:08PM -0500, f-myth-users at media.mit.edu wrote:
> (b) I only -just- discovered that Tab will move from one field to a
>     later field.  But what does Alt-Tab do?  It pops up an xterm, for
>     god's sake?  WTF?  Can I move backwards without uparrow?  Who
>     knows?

Why *wouldn't* Alt-Tab pop up an Xterm (or whatever other programs 
your window manager is managing)?  If you want to move backwards in 
the sequence then Shift-Tab is the canonical UI keystroke.

Personally, I agree with 99% of what you wrote.  I don't think the 
arrow keys should be used AT ALL except in a populated drop-down list 
(which MythTV doesn't use).  Tab and Shift-Tab are the way to go.  
FWIW, I *hate* it when the right arrow moves the cursor to the field 
on the left.

> (e) Why do the fields allow typein, but then silently throw it away?
>     Maliciousness?  Latent schizophrenia in the implementor?  Who knows?

I don't know the underlying forms mechanism, but it's probably a case 
of field-validation not being performed if you leave the form without 
first leaving the field.  That's bitten quite a few VB programmers on 
the Windows platform....

My personal wish is to see the mythtv-setup program tossed entirely 
and have the data either detected or query the user through a 
text-based menu or script.  I run a split front/back system and 
thought it was really weird that I have to start an X11 session for 
what is essentially a non-graphical application.  If there is some 
valid need for a graphical installation, maybe it should be reachable 
from a front-end machine, as in "The back end you specified is 
running but has not been configured.  Would you like to configure it 
now?"  Still, if we're going to use forms then it would make sense to 
use radio buttons to assign 1:1 mappings between devices.