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On 09/11/17 17:34, Alexander Thurgood wrote:
Le 09/11/2017 à 15:36, Mike Scott a écrit :



I think the code is badly structured - the grabFrame method has no way
of specifying an offset. It should have, and whatever runs the slide
displaying should pick the first or last as appropriate.



Is it really so simple? And do the dev's lurk here at all, or do I need
to stick this on the dev list??



Contributions gratefully received :-) It may be that no one ever really
looked at the problem or found the time to go back to that part of the code.

Best bet would be to introduce yourself on the dev list. They will ask

OK; I've subscribed; I'd better just lurk for a bit.

you to contribute the code via gerrit, the code submission tool that the

gerrit?! something else to learn then :-{

project uses and send in a mail about your contributions being released
under the relevant licenses the project uses. It will undergo a review
and if deemed acceptable and advantageous, which it seems to be from

I have a sudden picture in my mind of a single-character change to the source generating vast swathes of review, comment, regression testing, etc etc. Hmmm.

what you relate, get accepted into the master source branch. If you're
up for introducing extra functionality to let the user choose where they
want to pick the frame from then even better :-)

I'd love to - but I'm so far out of date with code standards that I doubt it'd be practicable. The immediate problem is fixed^Wworked-around, and maybe the pointer to the trouble area will inspire someone more capable to do a proper job.


Oh, and thanks for the comments. A little encouragement goes a long way!

Mike.


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