Re: [tlug] Amarok 2 sucks

["David J Iannucci" <jlinux@example.com>]

> > I used to use XMMS, but it was removed from Gentoo's portage so I
> > had to find something else[.]
>
> Why? Have you ever tried writing an ebuild? It is quite easy, once you
> spend about an hour getting the hang of it, and then you can keep a
> private Portage overlay (see PORTDIR_OVERLAY in "man make.conf") of
> all the software you love that is not in Portage.

Haven't tried to write an ebuild, and still don't quite "get" what an
overlay is <sheepish> :-}  I'm sure it's not a hard concept... I just
haven't had a need for it yet, so haven't looked into it.  In this case,
it's not such a problem because I like Amarok a lot better than XMMS
(probably no surprise there).  The player window is kinda crappier,
but I can live with that.

> > But I, and many other ex-MMS-ers *like* to have [...] convenient
> > buttons to play/pause/etc without having RSI-inducing keyboard
> > shortcuts to remember.
>
> Are you kidding me? The mouse is the wrist-killer, the little-death
> that brings total digital paralysis. You must face the mouse, then let
> it pass over you and through you,

Dune fan here, too :-)

> and when the mouse has gone, there will be nothing, and only you (and
> your Happy Hacker keyboard) will remain.

Actually, I have a HH keyboard, but never use it :-)

> And to make a point about how you prefer the mouse to the keyboard,
> probably in order to troll-bait Josh. ;-P

Actually, my post was a bit misleading, because I'm much more of a
keyboard jockey than the average, even (I'm sure) the average Linux
user... one of the reasons I use Kmail, e.g., is because of its high
kb-ability compared to some other clients.  So that may be why I
prefer mousing on the music player... I already feel I've reached a
limit with all the other kb shortcuts I use for windowmanager (icewm),
email, konsole, etc., and don't want to add more for something
relatively minor.

Dave