Patch MediaPlayer Ignore 'A', 'An', and 'The' In Artist and Album names
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The Pre's default music player does not treat artists and albums beginning with 'A', 'An', or 'The' with any special consideration. Thus 'The Killers' shows up under the 'T' section in your list of artists, or an album such as 'The Colour and The Shape' also resides under 'T' in an album title listing.
1.2.1 Single File Patch
--- .orig/usr/palm/applications/com.palm.app.musicplayer/app/views/artists/artist-entry.html
+++ /usr/palm/applications/com.palm.app.musicplayer/app/views/artists/artist-entry.html
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
</div>
<div class="single-album-art-shill"></div>
<div class="title">
- <div class="truncating-text artist-name">#{artistNameFormatted}</div>
+ <div class="truncating-text artist-name">#{artistDisplayNameFormatted}</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
--- .orig/usr/palm/applications/com.palm.app.musicplayer/app/views/allalbums/album-entry.html
+++ /usr/palm/applications/com.palm.app.musicplayer/app/views/allalbums/album-entry.html
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
</div>
<div class="single-album-art-shill"></div>
<div class="all-albums title">
- <div class="truncating-text all-albums-album-title">#{albumTitleFormatted}</div>
+ <div class="truncating-text all-albums-album-title">#{albumDisplayTitleFormatted}</div>
<div class="truncating-text all-albums-album-artist">#{albumArtistFormatted}</div>
</div>
</div>
--- .orig/usr/palm/applications/com.palm.app.musicplayer/app/views/albums/album-entry.html
+++ /usr/palm/applications/com.palm.app.musicplayer/app/views/albums/album-entry.html
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
</div>
<div class="single-album-art-shill"></div>
<div class="title">
- <div class="truncating-text albums-album-title">#{albumTitleFormatted}</div>
+ <div class="truncating-text albums-album-title">#{albumDisplayTitleFormatted}</div>
<!-- <div class="truncating-text albums-album-song-count">#{albumCount}</div> -->
</div>
</div>
--- .orig/usr/palm/applications/com.palm.app.musicplayer/app/controllers/artists-assistant.js
+++ /usr/palm/applications/com.palm.app.musicplayer/app/controllers/artists-assistant.js
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
lookahead: 100,
fixedHeightItems: true,
formatters: {
- artistName: Util.artistFormatter
+ artistName: Util.artistFormatter,
+ artistDisplayName: Util.artistFormatter
}
};
this.controller.setupWidget('artistslist', model);
@@ -145,6 +145,12 @@
translateResults: function(filter, widget, offset, response){
+ function sortByArtistDisplayName(a,b) {
+ var x = a.artistDisplayName.toLowerCase();
+ var y = b.artistDisplayName.toLowerCase();
+ return ((x < y) ? -1 : ((x > y) ? 1 : 0));
+ }
+
if(response.artistsTotal == 0){
this.controller.get('no-items-message').innerHTML = AppAssistant.noItems;
this.controller.get('no-items-message').show();
@@ -158,6 +158,26 @@
ret.list = response.artists;
ret.total = parseInt(response.artistsTotal);
+ for (i = 0; i < ret.list.length; i++) {
+ var artistName = ret.list[i].artistName;
+ if (artistName.toUpperCase().indexOf('THE ') == 0) {
+ ret.list[i].artistDisplayName = artistName.substring(4) + ', ' + artistName.substr(0,3);
+ }
+ else
+ if (artistName.toUpperCase().indexOf('A ') == 0) {
+ ret.list[i].artistDisplayName = artistName.substring(2) + ', ' + artistName.substr(0,1);
+ }
+ else
+ if (artistName.toUpperCase().indexOf('AN ') == 0) {
+ ret.list[i].artistDisplayName = artistName.substring(3) + ', ' + artistName.substr(0,2);
+ }
+ else {
+ ret.list[i].artistDisplayName = artistName;
+ }
+ //Mojo.Log.info(ret.list[i].artistDisplayName);
+ }
+ ret.list.sort(sortByArtistDisplayName);
+
widget.mojo.noticeUpdatedItems(offset, ret.list);
widget.mojo.setCount(ret.total);
widget.mojo.setLength(ret.total);
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
},
getAlphaGroup: function(item){
- return Util.getAlphaGroup(item.artistName);
+ return Util.getAlphaGroup(item.artistDisplayName);
},
THUMB_WIDTH: 80,
--- .orig/usr/palm/applications/com.palm.app.musicplayer/app/controllers/allalbums-assistant.js
+++ /usr/palm/applications/com.palm.app.musicplayer/app/controllers/allalbums-assistant.js
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
fixedHeightItems : true,
formatters: {
albumTitle: Util.albumFormatter,
+ albumDisplayTitle: Util.albumFormatter,
albumArtist: Util.artistFormatter,
albumPictureUrl: Util.albumArtListUrlFormatter
}
@@ -184,6 +184,12 @@
translateResults : function(filter, widget, offset, response){
+ function sortByAlbumDisplayTitle(a,b) {
+ var x = a.albumDisplayTitle.toLowerCase();
+ var y = b.albumDisplayTitle.toLowerCase();
+ return ((x < y) ? -1 : ((x > y) ? 1 : 0));
+ }
+
if(response.albums.length == 0){
this.controller.get('no-items-message').innerHTML = AppAssistant.noItems;
this.controller.get('no-items-message').show();
@@ -196,6 +196,26 @@
ret.list = response.albums;
ret.total = parseInt(response.albumsTotal);
+ for (i = 0; i < ret.list.length; i++) {
+ var albumTitle = ret.list[i].albumTitle;
+ if (albumTitle.toUpperCase().indexOf('THE ') == 0) {
+ ret.list[i].albumDisplayTitle = albumTitle.substring(4) + ', ' + albumTitle.substr(0,3);
+ }
+ else
+ if (albumTitle.toUpperCase().indexOf('A ') == 0) {
+ ret.list[i].albumDisplayTitle = albumTitle.substring(2) + ', ' + albumTitle.substr(0,1);
+ }
+ else
+ if (albumTitle.toUpperCase().indexOf('AN ') == 0) {
+ ret.list[i].albumDisplayTitle = albumTitle.substring(3) + ', ' + albumTitle.substr(0,2);
+ }
+ else {
+ ret.list[i].albumDisplayTitle = albumTitle;
+ }
+ //Mojo.Log.info(ret.list[i].albumDisplayTitle);
+ }
+ ret.list.sort(sortByAlbumDisplayTitle);
+
Util.setZOrder(ret.list, offset);
widget.mojo.noticeUpdatedItems(offset, ret.list);
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@
},
getAlphaGroup: function(item){
- return Util.getAlphaGroup(item.albumTitle);
+ return Util.getAlphaGroup(item.albumDisplayTitle);
}
});
--- .orig/usr/palm/applications/com.palm.app.musicplayer/app/controllers/albums-assistant.js
+++ /usr/palm/applications/com.palm.app.musicplayer/app/controllers/albums-assistant.js
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
fixedHeightItems : true,
formatters: {
albumTitle: Util.albumFormatter,
+ albumDisplayTitle: Util.albumFormatter,
albumPictureUrl: Util.albumArtListUrlFormatter
}
};
@@ -120,7 +120,13 @@
translateResults : function(filter, widget, offset, response){
-
+
+ function sortByAlbumDisplayTitle(a,b) {
+ var x = a.albumDisplayTitle.toLowerCase();
+ var y = b.albumDisplayTitle.toLowerCase();
+ return ((x < y) ? -1 : ((x > y) ? 1 : 0));
+ }
+
if(response.albums.length == 0){
this.controller.get('playAllAlbums').hide();
this.controller.get('no-items-message').innerHTML = AppAssistant.noItems;
@@ -134,7 +134,27 @@
var ret = {};
ret.list = response.albums;
ret.total = parseInt(response.albumsTotal);
-
+
+ for (i = 0; i < ret.list.length; i++) {
+ var albumTitle = ret.list[i].albumTitle;
+ if (albumTitle.toUpperCase().indexOf('THE ') == 0) {
+ ret.list[i].albumDisplayTitle = albumTitle.substring(4) + ', ' + albumTitle.substr(0,3);
+ }
+ else
+ if (albumTitle.toUpperCase().indexOf('A ') == 0) {
+ ret.list[i].albumDisplayTitle = albumTitle.substring(2) + ', ' + albumTitle.substr(0,1);
+ }
+ else
+ if (albumTitle.toUpperCase().indexOf('AN ') == 0) {
+ ret.list[i].albumDisplayTitle = albumTitle.substring(3) + ', ' + albumTitle.substr(0,2);
+ }
+ else {
+ ret.list[i].albumDisplayTitle = albumTitle;
+ }
+ //Mojo.Log.info(ret.list[i].albumDisplayTitle);
+ }
+ ret.list.sort(sortByAlbumDisplayTitle);
+
Util.setZOrder(ret.list, offset);
widget.mojo.noticeUpdatedItems(offset, ret.list);
Old Patches, line numbers incorrect for 1.2.1
Thankfully, a few simple code changes fix this.
You will need a rooted Pre to apply this patch.
Start by making the file system writable:
rootfs_open -w
We'll begin by change code related to artist names.
The patch for /usr/palm/applications/com.palm.app.musicplayer/app/views/artists/artist-entry.html
--- artist-entry.html.bak Tue Jun 16 20:52:00 2009
+++ artist-entry.html Sun Jul 5 03:12:29 2009
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
</div>
<div class="single-album-art-shill"></div>
<div class="title">
- <div class="truncating-text artist-name">#{artistNameFormatted}</div>
+ <div class="truncating-text artist-name">#{artistDisplayNameFormatted}</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
The patch for /usr/palm/applications/com.palm.app.musicplayer/app/controllers/artists-assistant.js
--- artists-assistant.js.bak Tue Jun 16 20:52:00 2009
+++ artists-assistant.js Sun Jul 5 03:30:02 2009
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
lookahead: 100,
fixedHeightItems: true,
formatters: {
- artistName: Util.artistFormatter
+ artistName: Util.artistFormatter,
+ artistDisplayName: Util.artistFormatter
}
};
this.controller.setupWidget('artistslist', model);
@@ -141,8 +142,15 @@
}.bind(this));
},
+
translateResults: function(filter, widget, offset, response){
+ function sortByArtistDisplayName(a,b) {
+ var x = a.artistDisplayName.toLowerCase();
+ var y = b.artistDisplayName.toLowerCase();
+ return ((x < y) ? -1 : ((x > y) ? 1 : 0));
+ }
+
if(response.artistsTotal == 0){
this.controller.get('no-items-message').innerHTML = AppAssistant.noItems;
this.controller.get('no-items-message').show();
@@ -155,7 +163,25 @@
var ret = {};
ret.list = response.artists;
ret.total = parseInt(response.artistsTotal);
-
+ for (i = 0; i < ret.list.length; i++) {
+ var artistName = ret.list[i].artistName;
+ if (artistName.toUpperCase().indexOf('THE ') == 0) {
+ ret.list[i].artistDisplayName = artistName.substring(4) + ', ' + artistName.substr(0,3);
+ }
+ else
+ if (artistName.toUpperCase().indexOf('A ') == 0) {
+ ret.list[i].artistDisplayName = artistName.substring(2) + ', ' + artistName.substr(0,1);
+ }
+ else
+ if (artistName.toUpperCase().indexOf('AN ') == 0) {
+ ret.list[i].artistDisplayName = artistName.substring(3) + ', ' + artistName.substr(0,2);
+ }
+ else {
+ ret.list[i].artistDisplayName = artistName;
+ }
+ //Mojo.Log.info(ret.list[i].artistDisplayName);
+ }
+ ret.list.sort(sortByArtistDisplayName);
widget.mojo.noticeUpdatedItems(offset, ret.list);
widget.mojo.setCount(ret.total);
widget.mojo.setLength(ret.total);
@@ -188,7 +214,7 @@
},
getAlphaGroup: function(item){
- return Util.getAlphaGroup(item.artistName);
+ return Util.getAlphaGroup(item.artistDisplayName);
},
THUMB_WIDTH: 80,
Now we'll patch the files necessary for album names.
The patch for /usr/palm/applications/com.palm.app.musicplayer/app/views/allalbums/album-entry.html
--- album-entry.html.bak Sun Jul 5 16:22:02 2009
+++ album-entry.html Sun Jul 5 16:22:27 2009
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
</div>
<div class="single-album-art-shill"></div>
<div class="all-albums title">
- <div class="truncating-text all-albums-album-title">#{albumTitleFormatted}</div>
+ <div class="truncating-text all-albums-album-title">#{albumDisplayTitleFormatted}</div>
<div class="truncating-text all-albums-album-artist">#{albumArtistFormatted}</div>
</div>
</div>
A similar patch for /usr/palm/applications/com.palm.app.musicplayer/app/views/albums/album-entry.html
--- album-entry.html.bak Sun Jul 5 16:01:02 2009
+++ album-entry.html Sun Jul 5 16:01:25 2009
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
</div>
<div class="single-album-art-shill"></div>
<div class="title">
- <div class="truncating-text albums-album-title">#{albumTitleFormatted}</div>
+ <div class="truncating-text albums-album-title">#{albumDisplayTitleFormatted}</div>
<!-- <div class="truncating-text albums-album-song-count">#{albumCount}</div> -->
</div>
</div>
For /usr/palm/applications/com.palm.app.musicplayer/app/controllers/albums-assistant.js
--- albums-assistant.js.bak Sun Jul 5 16:01:46 2009
+++ albums-assistant.js Sun Jul 5 16:14:41 2009
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
fixedHeightItems : true,
formatters: {
albumTitle: Util.albumFormatter,
+ albumDisplayTitle: Util.albumFormatter,
albumPictureUrl: Util.albumArtListUrlFormatter
}
};
@@ -118,6 +119,12 @@
translateResults : function(filter, widget, offset, response){
+
+ function sortByAlbumDisplayTitle(a,b) {
+ var x = a.albumDisplayTitle.toLowerCase();
+ var y = b.albumDisplayTitle.toLowerCase();
+ return ((x < y) ? -1 : ((x > y) ? 1 : 0));
+ }
if(response.albums.length == 0){
this.controller.get('playAllAlbums').hide();
@@ -132,6 +139,26 @@
var ret = {};
ret.list = response.albums;
ret.total = parseInt(response.albumsTotal);
+
+ for (i = 0; i < ret.list.length; i++) {
+ var albumTitle = ret.list[i].albumTitle;
+ if (albumTitle.toUpperCase().indexOf('THE ') == 0) {
+ ret.list[i].albumDisplayTitle = albumTitle.substring(4) + ', ' + albumTitle.substr(0,3);
+ }
+ else
+ if (albumTitle.toUpperCase().indexOf('A ') == 0) {
+ ret.list[i].albumDisplayTitle = albumTitle.substring(2) + ', ' + albumTitle.substr(0,1);
+ }
+ else
+ if (albumTitle.toUpperCase().indexOf('AN ') == 0) {
+ ret.list[i].albumDisplayTitle = albumTitle.substring(3) + ', ' + albumTitle.substr(0,2);
+ }
+ else {
+ ret.list[i].albumDisplayTitle = albumTitle;
+ }
+ //Mojo.Log.info(ret.list[i].albumDisplayTitle);
+ }
+ ret.list.sort(sortByAlbumDisplayTitle);
Util.setZOrder(ret.list, offset);
For /usr/palm/applications/com.palm.app.musicplayer/app/controllers/allalbums-assistant.js
--- allalbums-assistant.js.bak Sun Jul 5 16:23:16 2009
+++ allalbums-assistant.js Sun Jul 5 16:26:22 2009
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
fixedHeightItems : true,
formatters: {
albumTitle: Util.albumFormatter,
+ albumDisplayTitle: Util.albumFormatter,
albumArtist: Util.artistFormatter,
albumPictureUrl: Util.albumArtListUrlFormatter
}
@@ -181,6 +182,12 @@
translateResults : function(filter, widget, offset, response){
+
+ function sortByAlbumDisplayTitle(a,b) {
+ var x = a.albumDisplayTitle.toLowerCase();
+ var y = b.albumDisplayTitle.toLowerCase();
+ return ((x < y) ? -1 : ((x > y) ? 1 : 0));
+ }
if(response.albums.length == 0){
this.controller.get('no-items-message').innerHTML = AppAssistant.noItems;
@@ -193,6 +200,26 @@
var ret = {};
ret.list = response.albums;
ret.total = parseInt(response.albumsTotal);
+
+ for (i = 0; i < ret.list.length; i++) {
+ var albumTitle = ret.list[i].albumTitle;
+ if (albumTitle.toUpperCase().indexOf('THE ') == 0) {
+ ret.list[i].albumDisplayTitle = albumTitle.substring(4) + ', ' + albumTitle.substr(0,3);
+ }
+ else
+ if (albumTitle.toUpperCase().indexOf('A ') == 0) {
+ ret.list[i].albumDisplayTitle = albumTitle.substring(2) + ', ' + albumTitle.substr(0,1);
+ }
+ else
+ if (albumTitle.toUpperCase().indexOf('AN ') == 0) {
+ ret.list[i].albumDisplayTitle = albumTitle.substring(3) + ', ' + albumTitle.substr(0,2);
+ }
+ else {
+ ret.list[i].albumDisplayTitle = albumTitle;
+ }
+ //Mojo.Log.info(ret.list[i].albumDisplayTitle);
+ }
+ ret.list.sort(sortByAlbumDisplayTitle);
Util.setZOrder(ret.list, offset);
@@ -211,7 +238,7 @@
},
getAlphaGroup: function(item){
- return Util.getAlphaGroup(item.albumTitle);
+ return Util.getAlphaGroup(item.albumDisplayTitle);
}
});
That's it!
Now lock the file system:
mount -o remount,ro /
And restart LunaSysMgr to apply the changes:
luna-send -n 1 palm://com.palm.applicationManager/rescan {}