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List:       freeamp-dev
Subject:    Re: Is support for searching a good idea?
From:       rob () emusic ! com
Date:       2000-09-28 21:29:16
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On 26 Sep, David A. Walker wrote:
> I couldn't help but notice that there is not much support for searching a
> playlist. I've seen the proposals for regexp-based searching and having a
> dialog of search results, but that method does not work well for the
> text-based interfaces. I was wondering if it would be appropriate to add a
> simple FindSong method to the PlaylistManager that would find the next
> song whose name (URL) contained the search string. If so, when is it
> necessary to acquire the mutex? Looking through the PlaylistManager source
> has not made it clear exactly which operations need to be guaranteed
> thread-safe.

I think searching the music catalog would also be good for this -- that
way you can search your collection and not just a playlist.

--ruaok         Freezerburn! All else is only icing. -- Soul Coughing

Robert Kaye -- robert@moon.eorbit.net  http://moon.eorbit.net/~robert

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