Re: [Rhythmbox-devel] [PATCH] add --shuffle option

[Michael Messmore <mmessmor memphis edu>]

Question:  should these sort of things be done by a "remote control" 
type script using the bonobo interface?

I mean, the average Rhythmbox user (or maybe it's the simplest person 
who could be using rhythmbox) would probably be afraid of a command 
line.  This is somewhat of a niche need.  You could write a brief python 
script (last time I checked)  to take care of this or  you could write a 
general purpose rhythmbox-remote script to handle all sorts of rhythmbox 
operations from play-control to gathering information by exposing the 
bonobo interface to the command line.  I remember tinkering with this 
when gDesklets was released, but haven't looked at it since, so this may 
be a bit off base now.

Anyway, I thought I'd throw this out there before we start getting into 
"Rhythmbox really needs a --delete-all-skynard-tracks-please-god option 
to be useful to me, because if I accidently hear 'Sweet Home Alabama' at 
work, there is a good chance I might kill my cubicle cohabitant." type 
discussion.  The bonobo bits (should) allow us to conjure up the logic 
that makes rhythmbox useful to our sometimes esoteric, but justifiable 
needs.

--Mike


Benjamin Otte wrote:

>On Sat, 3 Apr 2004, Joe Wreschnig wrote:
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>>On Fri, 2004-04-02 at 10:03, James Willcox wrote:
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>>>Well, it IS a graphical application after all?  I wouldn't expect anyone
>>>to be using rhythmbox without being able to see the screen....
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>>Okay, I'll bite -- I do this all the time. ;)
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>Same here. I only use the graphical interface to search for songs.
>PREV/PAUSE/NEXT are bound to F10-F12 via metacity and I have some
>XChat scripts to impress people on IRC.
>And then it's certainly easier to input commands on the command line when
>you're coding anyway.
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>Benjamin
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