Re: patch to append files to playlist

On Fri, 2004-12-03 at 16:04, Håvard Kvålen wrote:
> On Fri, 3 Dec 2004, Morten Nilsen wrote:
> 
> > one problem with xmms today, as I see it, is that so much config gets
> > lost if xmms is killed before it can save the config... so I don't
> > really see adding save_config() in a few important places as a big
> > problem...
> 
> XMMS does already save it's config when you hit 'Apply' or 'Ok' in the 
> preferences window.

So as an end-user, I just tested this theory again. I made changes to my
playlist - removed some songs and added others. After about 10 minutes I
logged out of KDE and back in. My playlist state reverted to the one
that was previously running. It did, however keep the Skin I switched
to.

The playlist I modified is only in the Playlist window, it is not a
saved playlist file that was reloaded. If I wait long enough with the
changes in the list they will stick. (though what I think would be
really slick would be the ability to auto save your last loaded playlist
file. This way, I can load a playlist file, make changes over time. Load
a new list, etc. without worrying about whether or not I remembered to
hit save on that last list. This should be a toggle-able option so as
not to overwrite playlists by accident.)

I hope I'm helping a bit with this discussion. As an Average Joe
End-user of xmms, I don't particularly care about the command line
switches. I just want it to do what I ask of it in the gui. Prior to
this thread I didn't even know you could send switches via cli and I've
been using xmms since the days of x11amp :-)

> With regard to this option in general, I don't like it much.  You change 
> the behaviour of the command line, and I'm not convinced by the reasoning 
> behind it.

Most users in general aren't going to care about cli options once the
gui is loaded. Though I would agree that its functionality should not be
altered so as to let those who do use it continue to do so.

> With this option enabled it is impossible to do achieve the same effect as 
> 'xmms filename.mp3' does today.  And as others have commented, you can 
> enqueue songs by using 'xmms -e'.

you may be able to, but personally I think its a lame requirement to do
so. As I said above, most users don't care/want to have to use the cli
when the gui should do it as well. 

>  - Håvard

-- 
Derek Schaible <[email protected]>
CSSI, Inc.

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