Hijack v252

Hijack v252 is now out.

Nothing earthshaking this time, except that the spelling error in "supress_notify" has been fixed: "suppress_notify" is now the correct name for this option in config.ini. For the time being, the old name is also accepted, but that will change some day.

I've also implemented a couple of tweaks to the animation code, trying to ensure that it is 100% foolproof, which was already the case for everyone but Tony .

Also fixed in this release: when the countdown timer pulls the unit out of standby, the volume level should not be affected anymore. It used to drop by the amount from a single press of "VolDown".

As some of you may have noticed, the development pace for Hijack has almost stalled now, because the snow is melting, the birds are chirping, and the rock is calling.. as are the paying clients.

So.. I'm off to California again, for a week this time, and perhaps even longer after that. This will probably keep the pace of Hijack enhancements (from me) at near zero for the next couple of months.

Besides, it already does everything anyone could want anyway, right!?

-ml

There is now also a v253 of Hijack, with another one-liner change to aid with Tony's "vanishing animation" issue. No need for anyone else to grab this if you've already got v252.

-ml

Hopefully the next empeg release will be out to keep us busy in the meantime. Of course, I'm sure we'll have a wish list that is longer than your climbs are high for you too!

Good climbing and thank you for what you have given us so far!

Besides, it already does everything anyone could want anyway, right!?

Yep, my birthday is almost here, and it already does everything I wanted for my birthday.

Thanks for all your effort on this, Mark, it's made things really cool around here lately.

I'm off to California again, for a week this time

Northern or Southern?

Hi Mark, Here's a question for ya.. I see that hijack has the ability to switch to the AUX source and back again when the cell phone mute line triggers. I was thinking of wiring up my CB radio to the AUX in and hacking the squelch control to trigger the cell phone mute line. However the squelch on/off can happen very rapidly and for any amount of time from milliseconds to minutes. Will the Empeg be able to switch that quickly to AUX and back again? Do you think the Empeg or hijack will get confused? Thanks, -Ryan.

Turn on Prompt on Autoupdate in jEmplode (Tools->Options) to get the dialog that lists new features in Hijack before updating...

Well, it can respond quickly enough, but at present I believe there's a software dampener in the code to debounce it somewhat.

Nothing to stop you from hacking the code, though.

Cheers

Mike, I just had the chance to see this feature work in action, and I have to say it really rocks.

I had two versions to upgrade (Mark released two while I was offline) and it listed the release notes for both. Awesome.

How about a 12 hour clock instead of a 24

I know, bitch, bitch, bitch and it isnt even my birthday.

Mark,

I just want to thank you very much for everything you have done for the Empeg community with Hijack. I really enjoyed the Empeg when I first got it but with Hijack it opened up a whole new world. I spend way too much time playing with this thing. It is just too cool. I guess that makes me more of a geek than I would normally like to admit. But it is true.

Anyway, thanks.

Thanks, fede!

I think most of the people here have a strong Geek side.

Cheers

There is now also a v253 of Hijack, with another one-liner change to aid with Tony's "vanishing animation" issue.

And that still didn't take care of it. Just saw it happen when I applied the power after getting it into the house from the car.

Call it HiJack v253 - The TFabris Edition....

This will probably keep the pace of Hijack enhancements (from me) at near zero for the next couple of months.

Besides, it already does everything anyone could want anyway, right!?

Well, since you asked...

I've said this other places, but the things I would most love to see are more on the user app side of the house (rather than the user-facing stuff like the khttpd and IR trans.) My wish list is:

1. In-place disk writing (already on your unofficial wish list, I believe.)
2. Multiple apps using "overlay" display geometry. I remember you saying it's currently limited to one.
2a. The ability for these apps to be "backgrounded" in the sense that they don't need to return control to the Hijack menu via a call to the waitmenu ioctl(). So you could have two or three little windows from different apps, and you could still enter the Hijack menu to run something else. Currently, windowed overlay apps need to return control to Hijack. I think this is tied to #2 somehow.
3. mmap() buffer for display writes.

I think the focus shifted over the last couple months (justifiably so) to things like khttpd, custom animations, etc. I am just posting to officially cast my vote for a "back to basics" focus shift so that the userland application interface can be even better than it already is. I think there are enough guys working on things now to justify it... What do you think?

When you have the time, of course.