Re: [Gnump3d-users] Handling the random selection options

[Stan Mulder]

Steve Kemp wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 21, 2005 at 01:51:02PM -0500, Stan Mulder wrote:
>
>  
>
> > That patch didn't work for me. It didn't select any directory at all. 
> >    
>
>  I see.
>  
>
> > I'm new to patching though. I applied it to the latest CVS. Is that 
> > correct? Then I added a random_exclude_dirs value to 
> > /etc/gnump3d/gnump3d.conf. Correct? Then I killed and reloaded gnump3d 
> > and tested.
> >    
>  That was correct.
>
>  I've commited a new version to CVS, so if you update shortly you
> should see it.
>
>  This expects directories, or directory components, to be ecluded to
> be specified by the value 'plugin_random_exclude'.  Multiple values
> can be deliminated via '|' symbols.
>
>  I've tested using:
>
> plugin_random_exclude = The|And|Test|Spoken|Audio|Hobbit
>
>  However with a large value it is hard to see if works.  I guess
> stripping down an archive to two directories and excluding one will
> test it properly.
>
>  (I guess this is going to hang if all directories match.  We
> could count attempts in the loop and try to detect this.  Not sure
> what the correct response is, error?)
>  
Steve,

A couple of things on the latest CVS.

1. There were artifacts I didn't recognize in the random.pm file. Three 
lines. They were:

<<<<<<< random.pm
=======
>>>>>>> 1.15

The random functions wouldn't run unless I commented out these lines.



2. The "Random Selection" seems to work fine for me. I tested with one 
directory, then two, then four. I used.

plugin_random_exclude=(Midi|Talk|Video|Special);

Would this exclusion eliminate matching song directories or even 
matching song titles? For example if I want to exclude /mp3/Special but 
not exclude /mp3/songs/band/Midnight Special/01 Track 01.mp3 would it work?

This variable needs to be added to the conf file.


3. Hmmm. What about this variable, random_exclude_dirs? I see it 
underneath the new code. Is it working? As a matter of fact, the "Random 
Directory" option doesn't work for me at all. Firefox spins but returns 
nothing.

Stan