[pulseaudio-discuss] [PATCH pavucontrol] mainwindow: Show the availability of the ports and profiles.

[Raymond Yau]

>>>>>
>>>>> +        if (hasNo && !hasYes && !hasOther)
>>>>> +            desc += " (unplugged)";
>>>>> +        else if (hasYes && !hasNo && !hasOther)
>>>>> +            desc += " (plugged in)";
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I think profiles should be "plugged in" if any port is available.
>>>
>>>
>>> The reason I did it for profiles in the first place, were just to make
>>> the user get a hint about which one of the four HDMIs to select on the
>>> configuration tab, and there is just one port per profile in that
scenario.
>>>
>>> I also think that if one port is available and another is not, we
>>> shouldn't say that the entire profile is "plugged in". It really only
>>> makes sense to write something when all of the ports have the same
>>> value. I e, the current code is correct IMO.
>>
>>
>> What about laptop speakers that are always available (let's ignore the
>> fact that it looks like the analog-output-speaker port never reports
>> itself as "available", only "unknown" or "unavailable")? If headphones
>> are not plugged in, I think the output:analog-stereo profile is still
>> very much available ("plugged in" is not the best phrase in this case).
>>
>> I think the distinction between "all ports available" and "some ports
>> available" is confusing to the user,
>
>
> I don't think that is confusing, and...
>
>
>> and it would be better to drop that
>> distinction altogether. I would actually prefer not using any status
>> specifier for profiles, except if all ports are unavailable, in which
>> case I think "unplugged" is fine to signal to the user that this profile
>> is pretty useless.
>
>
> ...I think that this last proposal would be more confusing as it treats
the states of "plugged in" and "unplugged" differently.
>

the name of the module-switch-on-available-port is already confusing when
the logic is switch away from unavailable port

after the implementaton of spdif phantom port, the active port is
automatically switched to iec958 from the rear analog jack of desktop
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