app(departures): configure look and feel

[bombsimon]

A lot of countries and operators have a display similar to the departures app but with slightly different layout, font, size, position etc.

Since the core of fetching departures, computing their countdown, showing clock time etc is generic, it would be very cool to support restyling the layout of the result presented. There are probably plenty more things to consider, but to start with

• Text color (departure, line number, time left, clock time)
• Text size
• Font (probably mostly weight or sizes between the current tiny -> small -> large)
• Scroll speed
• Scroll direction

If there are any good sources, examples or pictures of different systems from the real world it would be very helpful to post pictures or videos of them in this issue.

See also

• https://github.com/MatrixBOX-dev/departures_skins
• https://github.com/MatrixBOX-dev/DSA_2_0
• https://github.com/walsariewolffbob/matrixbox (fork with complete rewrite to support skinning)

Reference #40 (comment)

[Nics103]

Hey, I've got an idea for a different (respectively additional) look of the real-time indication.
In Hannover (Germany) it's normally like if there is RT available then the departure is displayed as countdown, if no RT is available then the planned departure time is displayed instead.

[bombsimon]

Some references from Hannover subway LEDs (I think, please correct me if I'm wrong)

[Nics103]

Yes, that's right. But I guess the first and second picture will never be displayed on the MatrixBox because these texts/formats are communicated intern between the train (first picture)/control center (seconde picture) and the departure board. I don't think that there is a public interface.

Further would it be nice, if it be possible that the line numbers could be displayed one below the other like in the third picture (right-aligned)