Comment 9 for bug 1017399

I've added documentation on the new <manifest> tag to the wiki.
http://mixxx.org/wiki/doku.php/creating_skins

On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 2:01 AM, RJ Ryan <email address hidden> wrote:

> Ok, I just disabled decks 3 and 4 and added something that I think will
> allow custom skins and controller scripts to use a 3rd and 4th deck if
> they want.
>
> Skins have a new <manifest> section you can put in the XML.
>
> <manifest>
> <title>Deere 1280x1024</title>
> <author>jus</author>
>
> <attributes>
> <attribute config_key="[Master],num_decks">4</attribute>
> </attributes>
> </manifest>
>
> This allows a skin to request that 4 decks be enabled.
>
> I've also fixed a couple of bugs around "hotplugging" decks. If you
> added a deck any time after bootup then SoundManager wouldn't notice.
>
> If a controller script wants to enable 4-decks all it has to do is:
>
> engine.setValue("[Master]", "num_decks", 4);
>
> same goes for samplers w/ the num_samplers control.
>
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> Title:
> Deactivate default 4-deck support in 1.11
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