Idea for later releases
then make applications with no GUI to handle files such as PDF files, ROMS, other files not considered MEDIA.
The main reason would be that then you could use XBMC as a full fledged operating system.
EDIT: this would be great even if you added the ability to run executables and be able to pause the threads, take focus and bring up a menu and have access to XBMC to check email(python), play media and such. Then return focus and contenue playing the game, keep music playing, mute the executable.
- Running an application in a shell
- Plug-in like applications launch them with the file as a command
- captures the output handles from the program or just lets the app run while XBMC minimizes
- you can press a button to take focus and show a menu on top
- you can return focus through menu
- the menu is defined by xml with commands saved as button events
- you send commands to the program using the menu (to control the application, save configurations or close and such)
- similar interface as the media player, exit program returns you to the main menu, browse menus while the application runs in the background. maybe pause the application threads, restart the application stop it and such.
then make applications with no GUI to handle files such as PDF files, ROMS, other files not considered MEDIA.
The main reason would be that then you could use XBMC as a full fledged operating system.
EDIT: this would be great even if you added the ability to run executables and be able to pause the threads, take focus and bring up a menu and have access to XBMC to check email(python), play media and such. Then return focus and contenue playing the game, keep music playing, mute the executable.
