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    Basic view in a theme needed?

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    • FlyingTomahawkF
      FlyingTomahawk
      last edited by

      I was wondering how many people out there actually use the "basic" view of a theme?
      Is it necessary to have a basic view in a theme?

      Most themes just have a simple list as basic view, some themes however use the same layout as the detailed view but add a "no image" spacer in place.

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      • TMNTturtlguyT
        TMNTturtlguy @FlyingTomahawk
        last edited by

        @FlyingTomahawk Basic view is required for the first time you power up your pi and start putting roms and scraped images on. If you don't have a basic view, nothing will show up until you scrape for data. Not sure how many people use their system without scraping for data, but the basic view is definitely needed.

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        • AlexMurphyA
          AlexMurphy Banned @TMNTturtlguy
          last edited by

          @TMNTturtlguy & @FlyingTomahawk Yeah, it's the default for ES. AFAIK. It's definitely needed, just as a base.

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          • AlexMurphyA
            AlexMurphy Banned @TMNTturtlguy
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            @TMNTturtlguy I only scrape for images as I'm no fan of metadata.

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            • edmaul69E
              edmaul69 @FlyingTomahawk
              last edited by edmaul69

              @FlyingTomahawk i only use basic view. I have way too much stuff, that if i tried to scrape everything, the pi would probably blow up. Well, i would at least have a white screen of death or the worlds worst lag.

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                AlexMurphy Banned @edmaul69
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                @edmaul69
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                • edmaul69E
                  edmaul69 @AlexMurphy
                  last edited by

                  @AlexMurphy you forgot the heatsink getting blown off in the explosion. :)

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                    AlexMurphy Banned @edmaul69
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                    @edmaul69

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                    • edmaul69E
                      edmaul69 @AlexMurphy
                      last edited by

                      @AlexMurphy now thats more like it!

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                        AlexMurphy Banned @edmaul69
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