Infobar EPG Options...

[IanSav]

Hi,

Does anyone have any knowledge or insight into why the Infobar EPG has had its Text mode display removed? At the moment the Infobar EPG has the following two "View mode" options "Multi EPG" and "Single EPG". In reality the code supports three modes "Text Multi EPG", "Graphics Multi EPG" and "Single EPG".

If users wish to try out restoring the missing mode then simply find the definition for "config.epgselection.infobar_type_mode" in "Components/UsageConfig.py" and replace "ConfigSelection(default="graphics", choices=[("graphics", _("Multi EPG")), ("single", _("Single EPG"))])" with "ConfigSelection(default="graphics", choices=[("text", _("Text Multi EPG")), ("graphics", _("Graphics Multi EPG")), ("single", _("Single EPG"))])". In other words simply insert the missing text mode option.

To complete the job edit "setup.xml", find the "epginfobargraphical" block and change the "View mode" description to "Choose the layout view mode (Text / Graphics Multi channel EPG or Single channel EPG).".

Does anyone have an objection to my creating a pull request to formally restore this missing mode of operation?

Regards,
Ian.

[prl]

Hi,

Does anyone have any knowledge or insight into why the Infobar EPG has had its Text mode display removed? At the moment the Infobar EPG has the following two "View mode" options "Multi EPG" and "Single EPG". In reality the code supports three modes "Text Multi EPG", "Graphics Multi EPG" and "Single EPG". ...

It appears to have been created that way back in Jan 2013. See commit f02939ac, "[EPG] add new Graphical Info Bar Epg, please note all epg settings will be reset." That's the entirety of the commit message, so If you want to know why it was done that way, I guess you'd have to ask Andy Blackburn.

[IanSav]

Hi Prl,

What do you think about a pull request to restore the text mode option?

Regards,
Ian.

[prl]

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What do you think about a pull request to restore the text mode option?
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If it works, why not? I've always wondered a bit why it wasn't enabled.

[IanSav]

Hi Prl,

If it works, why not? I've always wondered a bit why it wasn't enabled.

So far so good. I have not encountered any issue using the changes I posted.

For OverlayHD users this change means that the Infobar EPG follows all the skin choices selected for EPG displays.

Regards,
Ian.

[IanSav]

Hi All,

Here is a sample of the Infobar EPG in Text mode:

OverlayHD version 0.82 Infobar EPG in Text mode...

Regards,
Ian.

[Sir Lancelot]

Hi IanSav

I like it.

Regards
Lance

[MrQuade]

I like the Info display at the top of the screen. It actually makes the Infobar EPG quite useful!

[IanSav]

Hi,

There is a small anomaly in the sample picture I provided above. This screen uses the new date and time formatting option code that is awaiting acceptance into the repository. In this case I selected a 12 hour clock display with a lower case am/pm display. I also use the new code that makes the start time, end time and separating character a single display widget. (If there is no start or end time then the separator is *not* shown.) I have, as yet, not tied the timeline time display into the new clock display code. As a result you can see am/pm times everywhere *except* for the timeline.

I intend to add a new pull request that will correct this issue once the existing time formatting pull request has been accepted. This new pull request will remove the 12/24 hour option from the EPG setting code and make this follow the global, higher level, time format code.

Sorry for any confusion this mixed sample image may have caused.

Regards,
Ian.

[IanSav]

Hi,

Pull request "#244 - Restore Infobar EPG Text mode display created.

Regards,
Ian.

[IanSav]

Hi,

Pull request "#245 - Sync timeline time to global time format created to address the synchronisation of the EPG timeline to the global time format settings. This pull request depends on pull request "#227 - Enhance time formats being accepted.

Regards,
Ian.