Re: command-line control

Having two lists doesn't work too well. Threads in -users often become
implementation discussions that should be in -dev. I'll cc -dev just in
case there's anyone there who doesn't read -users.

> 	extcontrol	Sets the server in 'external control' mode

The server would function as before; we're just making another interface
to control it, no?

> 	line1 (text)	Puts (text) on line 1
> 	line2 (text)	Puts (text) on line 2
> 	clear		Clear VFD

Yep. We might want to also add an interface for the scrolling and
showbriefly functions.

> 	irqueue		Sends the remote buttons that have been pressed since the last
> irqueue request: up, down, etc

Crafty - so by 'external control' you meant that the IR would be disabled,
and the commands passed to an external script by this mechanism?  If so,
then "extcontrol" should really be "disable_ir" or something. I'd want to
be able to control the server externally, with/without disabling IR.

Would this command return one IR code at a time, or all of them since the
last request? It's kind of an ugly interface either way, because you'd
have to poll very frequently. Perhaps a separate socket from which you can
continuously read the IR commands would be better.

> 	keepext		"ping" command - see below

Hm?

> 	srvcontrol Puts the server back in 'internal control' - also
> happens 10 seconds after last external-control command.
> 	The 10-second delay is to guard against crashing or interrupted
> scripts. So a script might look like this:

I don't understand the delay.

> slimp3cmd extcontrol
> slimp3cmd clear
> slimp3cmd line1 "Hello, World!"
> sleep 5
> slimp3cmd srvcontrol

You also would need a parameter to specify which player you want to
control.

> 	Sound good?

Yes, but first let's make the 1.8 release ASAP. I have to check in a
Portuguese translation and some documentation changes, and I'd like to get
Scott's setup.pl improvements checked in and tested. I hope we can get it
all finished today because I'm itching to start on the new stuff!

Sean


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