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authorDominik Riebeling <Dominik.Riebeling@gmail.com>2006-08-28 22:03:16 +0000
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84 } 84 }
85\end{center} 85\end{center}
86 86
87Throughout this manual, the buttons on the \dap\ are labelled according to the 87Throughout this manual, the buttons on the \dap{} are labelled according to the
88picture above. 88picture above. In detail the buttons are described in the following paragraph.
89 89
90\blind{ 90\blind{
91 % 91 %
@@ -93,12 +93,17 @@ picture above.
93 If you lay the \dap{} on the table with the joystick pointing 93 If you lay the \dap{} on the table with the joystick pointing
94 towards you, and the curved sides at the top, you will find the following 94 towards you, and the curved sides at the top, you will find the following
95 if you start from the top-right corner and follow the side of the \dap{} in a 95 if you start from the top-right corner and follow the side of the \dap{} in a
96 clockwise direction: 96 clockwise direction:
97 \ButtonOn, \ButtonOff, \ButtonMode, USB port, a small hole for resetting the 97 On the right side the buttons \ButtonOn{}, \ButtonOff{}, \ButtonMode{} and
98 \dap, charger plug, \ButtonRec, headphone minijack plug, remote port, 98 the hold switch. Next comes on the bottom the USB port,
99 optical/line in, optical/line out. The joystick in the middle of the \dap\ is 99 a small hole for resetting the \dap{}, charger plug. On the left side located
100 is the button \ButtonRec{}. At least the top has headphone minijack plug,
101 remote port, optical/line in and optical/line out.
102 The joystick in the middle of the \dap{} is
100 used to navigate menus by pressing it up, down, left and right. Pressing the 103 used to navigate menus by pressing it up, down, left and right. Pressing the
101 joystick down is labelled \ButtonSelect{} throughout this manual. } 104 joystick down is labelled \ButtonSelect{} throughout this manual. Its
105 directions are labelled \ButtonRight{}, \ButtonDown{}, \ButtonLeft{} and
106 \ButtonUp{}.}
102 % 107 %
103 \opt{h300}{ 108 \opt{h300}{
104 Hold the lay the \dap{} so that the side with the button pad and 109 Hold the lay the \dap{} so that the side with the button pad and
@@ -232,10 +237,10 @@ be extended or modified while playing. This is also known as
232``on-the-fly playlist''. 237``on-the-fly playlist''.
233To go back to the file browser stop the playback with the \ActionWpsStop{} 238To go back to the file browser stop the playback with the \ActionWpsStop{}
234button or return to the file browser while keeping playback running using 239button or return to the file browser while keeping playback running using
235\ActionWpsBrowse{}. 240\ActionWpsBrowse{}.
236\fixme{describe the back button in the tree view -- stop stops playback 241In list views you can go back one step with \ActionStdCancel{}. The file
237in the file browser but not in the menus so it would be more consistent if 242browser is a bit different in this case as pressing \ActionWpsStop{}
238stop always would stop playback and left always go back (h100 buttons)} 243stops the playback instead of going up a level.
239 244
240\subsection{Basic concepts} 245\subsection{Basic concepts}
241\subsubsection{Main Screen} 246\subsubsection{Main Screen}
@@ -248,7 +253,7 @@ playback gets stopped. There is no point showing the WPS when playback is
248stopped, so this is not and will not be possible. 253stopped, so this is not and will not be possible.
249 254
250\subsubsection{Playlists} 255\subsubsection{Playlists}
251Rockbox is playlist oriented. This means that every time you play a audio file, 256Rockbox is playlist oriented. This means that every time you play an audio file,
252a so-called ``dynamic playlist'' is generated, unless you play a saved 257a so-called ``dynamic playlist'' is generated, unless you play a saved
253playlist. You can modify the dynamic playlist while playing and also save 258playlist. You can modify the dynamic playlist while playing and also save
254it to a file. If you don't want to use playlists you can simply play your 259it to a file. If you don't want to use playlists you can simply play your
@@ -260,7 +265,7 @@ From the menu you can customise Rockbox. Rockbox itself is very customisable.
260Also there are some special menus for quick access to frequently used 265Also there are some special menus for quick access to frequently used
261functions. 266functions.
262 267
263\subsubsection{Contect Menu} 268\subsubsection{Context Menu}
264Some views, especially the file browser and the WPS have a context menu. 269Some views, especially the file browser and the WPS have a context menu.
265From the file browser this can be accessed with \ActionStdContext{}. 270From the file browser this can be accessed with \ActionStdContext{}.
266The contents of the context menu vary, depending on the situation it gets 271The contents of the context menu vary, depending on the situation it gets
@@ -269,7 +274,8 @@ perform with the currently hightlighted file. In the file browser this is
269the file (or folder) that is highlighted by the cursor. From the WPS this is 274the file (or folder) that is highlighted by the cursor. From the WPS this is
270the currently playing file. Also there are some actions that don't apply 275the currently playing file. Also there are some actions that don't apply
271to the current file but refer to the screen from which the context menu 276to the current file but refer to the screen from which the context menu
272gets called. 277gets called. One example is the playback menu, which can be called using
278the context menu from within the WPS.
273 279
274\section{Customizing Rockbox} 280\section{Customizing Rockbox}
275Rockbox' User Interface can be customized using ``Themes''. Themes usually 281Rockbox' User Interface can be customized using ``Themes''. Themes usually