Some ideas to improve the Graphical EPG screen

[Walt]

I agree with the channel up and down button to page up and down, would be great if that could be implemented.

 

[Larry-G]

red goes to recordings, green goes to timers, yellow does a search and blue goes to shortcus

It has not actually been coded, that image is just a visual representation of what he wanted to achieve.

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[stewartie4]

No buttons remapped there.

It has not actually been coded, that image is just a visual representation of what he wanted to achieve.

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Ah I see, well would remapping the colour buttons to something more useful be possible in future?

 

[markus625]

Is there any progress on this guys, would be great if we could all agree on something.

 

[stewartie4]

Is there any progress on this guys, would be great if we could all agree on something.

I think the jist of 2 of your points is an ability to change what the colour buttons do. That, I think a lot of people here agree with. "view recordings" or "page down" is much more useful than "IMDB search"

 

[TK4|2|1]

I think the jist of 2 of your points is an ability to change what the colour buttons do. That, I think a lot of people here agree with. "view recordings" or "page down" is much more useful than "IMDB search"

They don't need to have a set function, they should be customizable to any function the user feels suits their needs. I have red button set to bring up bouquet, chnl + & chnl- page up and down. (Using CoolTVGuide until Vix can hopefully implement this)


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[stewartie4]

They don't need to have a set function, they should be customizable to any function the user feels suits their needs. I have red button set to bring up bouquet, chnl + & chnl- page up and down. (Using CoolTVGuide until Vix can hopefully implement this)


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That's exactly what I mean! I'm surprised this isn't an option already!

 

[stewartie4]

I thought i'd bump this thread again to hopefully get it noticed, as remapping the colour buttons on the EPG would be a great future feature!

 

[matt007]

I have managed to change what the colour buttons do but currently I just remapped them to other existing things in the epg such as make colored buttons (yellow and blue) +/- 24hrs so I can free up the channel +/- buttons to do something else - hopefully page up/down if I get the time. The way I did it was by editting the python files on the box and not through the skin files. This way the buttons can display the correct label as well.

 

[bbbuk]

Yes, I also think it's a good idea. I would like to do what @matt007 has done and use two of the coloured buttons when viewing the EPG to be used for the +/- 24hrs instead of having to use channel +/-.

@Matt007, is it easy to re-map green and yellow buttons whilst viewing the EPG to be used for +24 hrs and -24 hrs respectively?

Is there anyway to also then re-map channel +/- to page up/down instead?

 

[matt007]

Yes, I also think it's a good idea. I would like to do what @matt007 has done and use two of the coloured buttons when viewing the EPG to be used for the +/- 24hrs instead of having to use channel +/-.

@Matt007, is it easy to re-map green and yellow buttons whilst viewing the EPG to be used for +24 hrs and -24 hrs respectively?

Is there anyway to also then re-map channel +/- to page up/down instead?

I'll write up a quick guide if I get some time tonight hopefully

 

[matt007]

Just a quick update. I have managed to make ch +/- buttons to jump up/down a page. So will post a guide for mapping the colours to +/-24hrs and and channel +/- buttons to page up/down

 

[TK4|2|1]

Won't all the changes get reverted with an image update?


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[rossi2000]

they surely will!

 

[matt007]

Yep! But if people can know how to map them then its not a big deal re doing

 

[bbbuk]

Yep! But if people can know how to map them then its not a big deal re doing

Not for me as I could copy the keymap.xml file back over again from a copy I would keep on laptop (I do something similar now with the autotimers). I try to avoid doing setting restore when updating.

I assume the file is in "/usr/share/engima2/"

I'm not certain what section I alter as there are obviously a few sections in that xml file.

Does the label for the key automatically change or is that hard-coded within another .py(o) file?

 

[matt007]

The changes I made are to do with the relevant python file and not the keymap.xml. But if you can code then its just a case of copying and pasting the relevant code into your relevant python file - assuming a new image doesnt change the structure of the file. If you are not keen on coding then I can send you my file with instructions on how to get it working. Im not sure if I should mess about with the keymap.xml file seeing as I have got it to work by hard coding within a python file. Is this a bad thing?

 

[judge]

You could also add any modded files to the backup manager so they're restored after an update.
Best to post your changes though so they can be added to the image if done correctly.

 

[birdman]

You could also add any modded files to the backup manager so they're restored after an update.

Which could cause a problem if the "official" file gets updated.
Better to keep your own copy and check for any changes in the git master before re-installing your fix.

 

[Larry-G]

Which could cause a problem if the "official" file gets updated.
Better to keep your own copy and check for any changes in the git master before re-installing your fix.

Many of the images default files can be overridden with a user file placed in /etc/enigma2/ including skin alterations, I cant go into specifics as I am not that familiar with the process but I can give a example.

The image comes with a default satellites.xml file located in /etc/tuxbox/ this file is frequently updated as part of the image update process. however if you place a satellites.xml file into the /etc/enigma2/ directory the image will default to this file and while the master file will still be updated with a image update, the user file you placed in /etc/enigma2/ will not. If at a later date you choose to use the default file again, just delete the user file and reboot the receiver.

As I said the same is true for skin modifications but I am not 100 percent sure of the format needed for those files.