Digits separator

[jsmorley]

I'm not opposed to MeasureStyle in principle, but I wonder if there are enough measure options that would be a candidate for repeating like that to make it worthwhile. I think not actually. 90% of skins just don't have nearly as many measures as they do meters. The exception might be an AudioLevel skin perhaps.

[Yamajac]

I'm not opposed to MeasureStyle in principle, but I wonder if there are enough measure options that would be a candidate for repeating like that to make it worthwhile. I think not actually. 90% of skins just don't have nearly as many measures as they do meters. The exception might be an AudioLevel skin perhaps.

I just think MeterStyle should just be Style and it should just work on any section instead of just meters cause I don't see the point in restricting it from working on measures.


I use the following in a lot of my measures and it'd be nice to be able to just do Style = NoUpdate instead. I use this to keep measures with an OnUpdateAction from updating in the first update cycle when a skin loads. At the bottom of the skin is a measure that enables the NoUpdate measuregroup.

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Group = NoUpdate
Disabled = 1
DynamicVariables = 1

Visualizers, file browsers, calendars, etc would benefit from this a lot as well, for meters I just name the meters 0, 1, 2, 3, and then use #CURRENTSECTION# in the meterstyle to reference indexes or parent measures or whatever. So to be able to do the same thing in the related measures as well would be very nice. WebParsers that grab the index and all that just with a style.

[Jeff]

I'm not opposed to MeasureStyle in principle, but I wonder if there are enough measure options that would be a candidate for repeating like that to make it worthwhile. I think not actually. 90% of skins just don't have nearly as many measures as they do meters. The exception might be an AudioLevel skin perhaps.

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[CoolAssMeasureStyle]
PlayerType=#CURRENTSECTION#
UpdateDevider=-1
Substitute="":"N\A"

[Artist]
Measure=NowPlaying
MeasureStyle=CoolAssMeasureStyle
[Album]
Measure=NowPlaying
MeasureStyle=CoolAssMeasureStyle
[Title]
Measure=NowPlaying
MeasureStyle=CoolAssMeasureStyle

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[AnotherCoolMeasureStyle]
;for loops cause i hate using actiontimer to make animations even though that could be the better option for individual stuff
StartValue=0
LoopCount=1
Paused=0
IfCondition=(#CURRENTSECTION# < 1) || (#CURRENTSECTION# > 99)
IfTrueAction=!PauseMeasure
IfFalseAction=!UnPauseMeasure

[Loop1]
Measure=Loop
MeasureStyle=AnotherCoolMeasureStyle
[Loop2]
Measure=Loop
MeasureStyle=AnotherCoolMeasureStyle
[Loop3]
Measure=Loop
MeasureStyle=AnotherCoolMeasureStyle

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[BlaclistedWords]
Substitute="Swear1|Swear2":"****",".{#LineWidth#}()":"\0#CRLF#"
RegExpSubstitute=1

[String1WhichIsProbablyAlongExcerptForLikeABookSkin]
Measure=String
MeasureStyle=BlacklistedWords
String=Lorem ipsum words words words

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[MeasureForADVDThingThatChangesColors]
Formula   = Random
Group     = Color
HighBound = 255
UpdateRandom  = 1
UpdateDivider = -1

[RandomR]
Measure   = Calc
MeasureStyle=MeasureForADVDThingThatChangesColors
[RandomG]
Measure   = Calc
MeasureStyle=MeasureForADVDThingThatChangesColors
[RandomB]
Measure   = Calc
MeasureStyle=MeasureForADVDThingThatChangesColors

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[Variables]
XMinus  =!SetOption X Formula "X-#UpDog#"
XPlus   =!SetOption X Formula "X+#UpDog#"
YMinus  =!SetOption Y Formula "Y-#UpDog#"
YPlus   =!SetOption Y Formula "Y+#UpDog#"
X=WIDTH
Y=HEIGHT
UC      =!UpdateMeasureGroup Color
Taskbar0=SCREEN
Taskbar1=WORK

[ThisOneIsJustToMakeTheCalcSmaller]
Formula       =(([#P[#Taskbar[#Taskbar]]AREA[#CURRENTSECTION]]/2)-([Logo:H]/2))
IfAboveValue  = ([#P[#Taskbar[#Taskbar]]AREA[#CURRENTSECTION]]-[Logo:H])
IfAboveAction = [#[#CURRENTSECTION]Minus][#UC#]
IfBelowValue  = 0
IfBelowAction = [#[#CURRENTSECTION]Plus] [#UC#]

[Y]
Measure = Calc
MeasureName=ThisOneIsJustToMakeTheCalcSmaller
[X]
Measure = Calc
MeasureName=ThisOneIsJustToMakeTheCalcSmaller

What I'm trying to say is that MeasureStyle would be really welcomed, and most of the examples here are totally not copy pasted from my skins where the measures are giant because of repetition on stuff that could be smaller using MeasureStyles

[mak_kawa]

Hi jsmorley and Yamajac

I have tested all "digits separator methods" provided, and decided to use jsmorley's Lua script from now on. The reason is... the Lua method seems to me more relevant and smart, no exclusive reason.

Thanks a lot for input from both of you.