Improvements tips for 5.9+

[PeterK.]

Applying the scaling option does not make the edit box digits bigger. (Playlist Editor2 on screenshot at 200 %)

[PeterK.]

Would it be possible to add non-latin-character support to Songticker?

[PeterK.]

Running my skin on a high-resolution display "produces" some glitches on the up- and down-scrollbar buttons on the Media Library window. The arrows should be simple triangles but look like crushed triangles.

[PeterK.]

There is a sentence in the Winamp WIKI <edit box> description stating:
"This embedded control will not blend properly with the rest of the skin's painting, it will always paint on top of everything else. Keep this in mind when developing skins for widest compatibility."

I would like to add that there is sometimes a glitch on this particular window. As soon as I move the mouse over this window it disappears immediately. I could image, since it happens on this window only, that this oddity has something to do with edit boxes, which I implemented here.

[PeterK.]

Maybe it would be a good idea to set minimum width and height of the Queue Manager window to something more useful. And clicking on the scrollbars makes them disappear.

The same applies to JumpToFile window. And the Search for text line is on a high-resolution display huge compared to the text on the buttons.

[PeterK.]

How is it possible that (0,0) coordinates in the Main-Player-xml file put it "somewhere" on the desktop, while assigning default_x="0" and default_y="0" to all other components makes them open properly in the top left corner of my desktop? Why this discrepancy?

[Benski]

How is it possible that (0,0) coordinates in the Main-Player-xml file put it "somewhere" on the desktop, while assigning default_x="0" and default_y="0" to all other components makes them open properly in the top left corner of my desktop? Why this discrepancy?

I'm sure there is special handling for this scenario for whatever the 'Main' window is. I can look up the details later tonight about it.

[PeterK.]

I'm sure there is special handling for this scenario for whatever the 'Main' window is. I can look up the details later tonight about it.

Thank you.

The Preamp slider shows wrong values. At the top it is 11.9 dB (value 125) where it should be 12 dB (value 127). And in the middle we have -0.2 dB (value -3) instead of 0.0 dB (value 0).

Also the equalizer bands are slightly off. At the top at 11.9 dB and -0.2 dB in the middle.

[Tohno_Neil]

There are something trouble me，
double click maximize
maximize-on-top-drag

In other software, like windows explorer,
I need this function.

[MrSinatra]

I hope all of Peters excellently documented bugs get addressed, good work!

[PeterK.]

I hope all of Peters excellently documented bugs get addressed, good work!

I bet they all roll their eyes seeing another post from me like this:

Well, the relationship between programmer and tester was never meant to be a love story. The more they "hate" each other the better the end product. No, it is not my intention to spread hatred among us ...

... I just keep posting.

Now this was a tough cookie! For weeks I was trying to get rid of this one and failed. I am afraid the knowledge of an insider is needed here.

When I close/open a component or change color a message is sent to Main Player's display. Also when I turn Equalizer on or off. The problem is, Winamp does show the text "Equalizer On" but does not show the text "Equalizer Off". Instead I see the Preamp value. Exactly the same happens when choosing a preset: on the display the Preamp value appears.

[PeterK.]

The EasyMove option in the main context menu should be grayed out while running a Modern Skin because according to DJ Egg: "afaik, that feature/option only applies to classic skins, not modern skins. "

[Benski]

Would it be possible to add non-latin-character support to Songticker?

SongTicker object is built with Unicode strings. Are you sure that the font you are using has glyphs for these?

[PeterK.]

SongTicker object is built with Unicode strings. Are you sure that the font you are using has glyphs for these?

I meant something else. Normally my skin would use its own bitmap font for the Songticker. But as soon as there is a non-latin character in the artist's name or title Winamp switches to Verdana, which is set as altfont in the player.xml file.

I was wondering if it was possible to ALWAYS use the implemented bitmap font, which we - the skinners - would extend and add those non-latin characters into it.

[PeterK.]

SongTicker object is built with Unicode strings. Are you sure that the font you are using has glyphs for these?

I have a better idea. Instead of adding the non-latin characters to the bitmap font of a skin (which is still my favorite approach), we could make Winamp replace those characters with Latin letters.

For example, I have a song: 09 Röyksopp - Running To The Sea feat. Susanne Sundfør. And since these letters are not included in the bitmap font Winamp will switch to Verdana.



In order to avoid this Winamp should replace "ö" with "o" and "ø" also with "o". And now we would have:
09 Royksopp - Running To The Sea feat. Susanne Sundfor and we can use the bitmap font:



It is not perfect but still waaaaaay better than switching between bitmap font and alternative font. What do you think?