On Samstag, 12. November 2005 15:34, Udo Richter wrote: > Stefan Lucke wrote: > > current definiton of file keymacros.conf allows simple keys to be sent to > > plugins only. Thats is a scripting approach. > > As with vdr's new Service() interface a more flexible solution would > > allow sending arbitrary actions to plugins independent of plugin's > > menu layout. That would be a functional approach. > > The Service() interface is primarily designed for direct > plugin-to-plugin communications, and providing complex data structures > from within keymacros.conf would be really difficult. User1 ?softdevice_keyhandler_v1.0 User1 So the receiving service can act upon vdr keys independant of plugins menu layout. Intendet action could be toggeling current crop-mode settings or full-screen vs. windowed mode. Currently output methods which implement crop mode switches have their own remote and intercept key events for doing this. > > An easier approach may be to implement a gateway to the SVDRPCommand() > interface, as this interface accepts strings as command parameters. > > In any case, you'll need a plugin that offers such simple calls, with > static parameters and no returned information processed. Do you have any > specific plugin in mind? > > Cheers, > > Udo -- Stefan Lucke
