Shareable color schemes

Harbinger · August 15, 2009, 01:26:20

Store color schemes in a separate file.

Exchange the presets button in the Color options page for a single Load button where you can browse for preset color schemes.

A Save button would also allow you to save your color scheme in case you'd like to share it.

bvanoudtshoorn · August 15, 2009, 05:30:38

This could be good...

Really Weird Person · August 21, 2009, 18:19:25

This would be excellent indeed. With a feature such as this, I would not have to manually color the program each time! Of course, you know how I colored it, so perhaps this comment will be totally ignored. Maybe not totally ignored. I might be exaggeratng a little bit with that.

Saga Musix · August 21, 2009, 21:40:12

You might just have a look at the mptrack.ini file instead of recovering your colors (or just don't delete/overwrite it at all).

Really Weird Person · August 22, 2009, 14:22:13

Oh, you mean keep a backup copy of mptrack.ini. That would certainly be a wise move. I am not sure why I did not think of that before.

BooT-SectoR-ViruZ · August 22, 2009, 14:24:37

Quote from: "Really Weird Person"Oh, you mean keep a backup copy of mptrack.ini. That would certainly be a wise move. I am not sure why I did not think of that before.

well, one should always have a backup of that (and everything else), though i would also support the request to make color schemes exportable... i understand, that as simple as it may sound it would require quite some work... still it's a nice idea to make them shareable

*stabbingjojosback*

ofcause this is not something really urgent...

Saga Musix · August 22, 2009, 14:26:52

ouch!

Really Weird Person · August 22, 2009, 20:33:36

So, perhaps what that means is that hopefully Jojo (as well as everyone else) has a lot of patience. My dad and I did try to modify the program in the past, but because:
1. I do not know much about how to program in C++ and my dad did not remember some of the techniques (I think that would be the wrong term, but I cannot remember it at the moment) to make programs. In addition, he said that the code that ModPlug Tracker uses is too complex for his understanding.
2. Of the program code's complexity
I would imagine that it will probably be quite a while before we see this version of ModPlug Tracker on SourceForge in a stable form (especially if the sequencer, row count and the effects were reformatted to start at 1) (highly unlikely). In fact, I would say that is probably less likely to happen than the sequential limit being increased again (which Jojo has already said is unlikely to happen).

Saga Musix · August 22, 2009, 21:09:48

Quoteespecially if the sequencer, row count and the effects were reformatted to start at 1

why would anyone want that? that's how trackers work, period.

Really Weird Person · August 22, 2009, 22:28:46

I am not exactly sure why someone would want that (since computers' counting numbers (which are based on the binary (base-2) system) start with zero anyway) (which is indeed weird assuming that, when the inventor learned how to count, he/she started at one rather than zero).

Sam_Zen · August 22, 2009, 23:44:33

No, it started with zero.

Really Weird Person · August 23, 2009, 01:29:38

I was referring to the actual inventor not the invented (assuming you were thinking the other way). :lol:

Saga Musix · September 15, 2009, 21:36:06

Ok, I was bored, so you maybe feel a bit happier now.

LPChip · September 16, 2009, 06:14:27

Why, are you pregnant now?

Saga Musix · September 16, 2009, 11:26:52

I thought you were!