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The artist info is supposed to hold a picture of the artist, not the album. Why would it use the album cover?

Have you tried different layouts?

I myself have made a layout to make better use of screen real-state (although admittedly it looks very weird):
http://forum.gmusicbrowser.org/index.php?topic=160.0

ochosi, I like that suggestion very much.

The songtree thing worked, but I can't get it to show the Album name next to the cover.

easytag does that for you, too.


In fact, I'm not sure how useful having this redundancy is. There is specialized tag-editing software that can bulk-edit files to some pattern.

Quick and basic functionality, sure, but for managing collections to that degree I think it's better to use dedicated software.

I have a system: a "uncategorized" folder where I put everything I rip/download which I then edit with easytag to fill tags, edit filenames and all that. I even use it to move my actual music directory via a "rename based on tag" feature of it (usually /Music/ArbitraryGender/Artist/[Year] Album/# Title.mp3).

Not that I oppose such a feature and if squentin wants it there then let's have it there, but maybe you're looking at the wrong place for such functionality?

is there a way to make a list of all albums by the same artist as the currently selected one? Like when you click the Album in an AABox widget?


What I want is something to what you see in the attached screenshot. But I want to make it context sensitive: I want it to show only albums for the currently selected artist.


Besides, what's wrong with this snippet of code?

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NBpart3         = PluginLyrics(shadow=none,HideToolbar=1) QueueList(hideif=empty,songtree=1,cols="albumminipic titleaa length") PluginArtistinfo(tabtitle="Artist Info") VPAlbum(tabtitle="Album")
VPAlbum         = AABox(aa=album) FPane(hidebb=1,page=album)

"tabtitle" doesn't seem to work with VPAlbum.


And lastly, is there ANY customization option to AABox?

Thanks. Will update it.

You could just try -C/-cfg option to specify a different file/folder for the configurations.

Not sure there's another way.

See also -demo.

Thanks a lot!


I forgot to mention it uses ochosi's Artist Info plugin, but making one without it is very easy, if anyone is interested.

I realize it looks weird, but it is functional, I think (at least for me).

The idea in this one being extreme space saving in control and wide display of relevant information (big space for lyrics, album cover, songs).

It looks a bit weird, but I think it is good enough.


And, yeah, sorry about the name, really couldn't think of anything nicer. Ideas welcomed.

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[Satoshi]

Type=G
Default         = Window size=1280x800,sticky=0

VBall           = HBStatus _HPmain
HBStatus        = Sort Prev(size=menu) Stop(size=menu) Play(size=menu) Next(size=menu) _TimeBar(minwidth=500,text="%t by %a") LabelTime Length _Album(markup='<i><b> %l</b> (%y)</i>') -TogButton(label="Filter",widget=HBSearch,size=menu) Pref(size=menu) -Quit(size=menu)
HPmain          = _HPpart
HPpart          = VBpart2 NBpart3
VBpart2         = _VPcenter
NBpart3         = PluginLyrics(shadow=none,HideToolbar=1) QueueList(hideif=empty,songtree=1,cols="albumminipic titleaa length") PluginArtistinfo(tabtitle="Artist Info")
VPcenter        = _VBcenterdown
VBcenterdown    = _SongTree(grouping="artist|pic(myfont=Arial%20Italic%2018,picsize=20,showyear=)|album|pic(myfont=Arial%20Bold%2018,picsize=250,showyear=1)") HBSearch
HBSearch        = SimpleSearch -Total


The code includes the big cover and Songtree groupings, as seen here:

Thanks a lot for your help. I already started working on the documentation.

It is working as expected here.

Thanks a lot!

If I encounter any issues, I'll let you know.

Will test it as soon as I finish compiling webkit.

Yes, it does!

Okay, lots of questions now:

1. Now I am toying around with TimeBar (which doesn't seem to be documented). And it seems I can't use tango markup in text displayed inside it, which is a pity. Is there a way to do that?

Besides, I'm only experimenting with it because I don't like the slider behavior when you click somewhere (forwarding a little instead of jumping to where you clicked). Which leads to

2. Is there a way to change that behavior?

3. Is it me or there is no LabelTime equivalent in %-letters? Something that shows the current position in time?
Edit: I read you are substituting %-letters to a more robust alternative. Is it usable here?

4. Is there a way to assign the drop-down menu from the Album widget (or AABox(aa=album)) to something else?

I'm thinking of cramming all needed funcionality inside the TimeBar, essentially leaving just the controls, two icons (preferences and quit), filter and the timebar. I like saving space  ;D
By needed functionality, I mean a nice markuped text showing Music, Artist, Album and current time/total time (could get complicated with very long names, but I'll think of that later). And, when clicked with the right mouse button, being able to use the Set Picture/Look for picture features (which I can't seem to have access anywhere else besides that dropdown menu).

Recommendations on elegant ways to save space also welcomed.

5. In the QueueList, I'd like to have a small album pic alongside the song's name, however, the current columns  will only show the picture once per album. I want EVERY song to have the picture, even if they are all from the same album. I looked through the columns layouts but didn't quite get how I'd do that. How would I? Mustn't be a very complicated change.

Edit: It seems the "mini album pic" column does that already, but it is not selectable in the queue list, only in songtree. Why?

Edit 2: I found out. I had to use songtree to do it, which is accomplished by QueueList(songtree=1).

6. Is there a way to type things and have them go into the filter instead of that weird search thingy?

7. Is there a way to change the size of PluginLyrics buttons? Something like only-text/only-icons/icons-and-text?
Edit: Found it out by going through /usr/share/gmusicbrowser/layouts. I'm using PluginLyrics(shadow=none,HideToolbar=1).


Hey, squentin, if you'd like I volunteer to help update the documentation. God knows I suffered. Most of what I learnt I had to learn by looking at the layouts file and trial-and-error. The existing documentation helped a lot, sometimes, but there's a lot of gaps. I understand that, seeing as you are in middle of development and things are changing fast, but I could help compile an up-to-date documentation that more or less follow current development.

Since I can't code (yet), that's one way of helping one of my favorite programs.

Does hideif=empty work with queuelist like that?