[vdr] Re: idea for jump function improvements

[s.huelswitt@gmx.de (Stefan Huelswitt)]

On 21 Dec 2001 "M.Kiesel" <m.kiesel@iname.com> wrote:

> On 20 Dec 2001, Stefan Huelswitt wrote:
> 
>>> - The  lines that show how many numbers the user has to press should be
>>>   replaced  by  a zero when a recording is too short for such a jump.
>>>   Assume a recording with  playing  time 45 Minutes. Then it sould look
>>>   like "00:--" when I press the jump button.
>> Yes, this is good. It's on the TODO now.
> 
> Perhaps it's even better to shift numbers left upon number entry:
> 
> start with "00:00"  (or "--:--")
> enter "1": "00:01"  (or "--:-1")
> enter "2": "00:12"  (or "--:12")
> enter "3": "01:23"  (or "-1:23")
> and so on.
> 
> This way you don't have to bother whether VDR decided to let you enter two
> or five digits this time which could get annoying I think.

Well, my first idea was to implement it this way, but it make
error checking ver hard. Imagine:

enter 8 -> --:-8 -> fine
enter 5 -> --:85 -> not allowed
enter 3 -> -8:53 -> fine

Do you understand?

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Stefan Huelswitt
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