FreeLists / openbeos / [openbeos] Re: importing hey in Haiku repository

["Malthus" <malthi@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> 
> Hey is a great idea but needs work on it to make it really usable, 
> ie. more 
> introspection and better support from applications. I spent many an 
> hour 
> trying to get it to remote control applications only to be forced to 
> give 
> up because the necessary functionality was not exposed. 


My frustration comes from trying to script the Haiku Media Prefs, to 
mute and unmute the AC97 Aux channel, which I use with a old Packard 
Bell FM tuner card.
It works, but only if the AC97 mixer tab is already active, and 
therefore exposed to hey.  

I know this is not really hey's problem and all a bit off-topic, but is 
there any way to launch the Media Prefs so that it opens to the AC97 
mixer by default?

(Muting the radio directly would be a better idea but the driver 
doesn't have a mute function. I'm no programmer and I wouldn't expect 
anyone else to write anything for obsolete hardware.) 

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Nigel Malthus