Chapter 10.
Plugins
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How to use
.link
files, i.e. jump to desired places
To use a
.link
file just “play” it from the file browser. This will show you a list with the
entries in the file. Selecting one of them will then exit the plugin and leave you within
the directory selected, or with the file selected in the file browser. You can then play the
file or do with it whatever you want. The file will not be “played” automatically.
If the
.link
file contains only one entry no list will be shown, you will directly jump
to that location. The file
shortcuts.link
in the root directory is an exception. After
“playing” it, the list will be shown even if the file contains just one entry.
If the list you are seeing is from
shortcuts.link
in the root directory, you can delete
the selected entry by pressing
Menu
. Deleting entries from other
.link
files is not
possible.
Advanced Usage
Placing the line “#Display last path segments=n” (where n is a number) in the beginning
of a
.link
file will leave just the last n segments of the entries when they are shown. For
example, if n is chosen to be 1, then the entry
/MyMusic/collection/song.mp3
will be
shown as
song.mp3
. This allows you to hide common path prefixes.
You can also provide a custom display name for each entry individually. To do so,
append a tabulator character after the entry’s path followed by your custom name. That
name will then be used for showing the entry. For example:
Example
/MyMusic/collection/song.mp3<TAB>My favourite song!
10.3.2. BMP viewer
This plugin opens
.bmp
files from the
File Browser
to display them.
Note:
When an audio file is playing the size of the image is limited as the decoding
b
process needs to share memory with audio tracks. To be able to view a bigger file you
may need to stop playback.
Key
Remote Key
Action
Up
/
Down
/
Left
/
Right
Move around in zoomed in image
Volume up
Zoom in
Volume down
Zoom out
A
+
Right
Next bmp in directory
A
+
Left
Previous bmp in directory
Menu
Show menu / Abort
Power
Quit the viewer
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