Re: [Denemo-devel] Edit Mode

[Richard Shann]

The new Edit mode is in git now. It makes so much more sense than the
previous behavior. I'll see about making it the default on freshly
installed systems.
Richard

On Fri, 2010-05-28 at 17:30 +0100, Richard Shann wrote:
> When I created Edit mode I missed something which has severely limited
> the usefulness of that mode ever since. I didn't realize that there was
> an extra cursor position "appending" where the idea is that the cursor
> is not on any note, but after all the notes in a measure.
> Consequently, you can edit the last note using say a NOTENAME or
> DURATION then move right into "appending" and perform the same action -
> instead of appending it effectively moves left and edits the last note.
> 
> I have been groping my way out of this confusion for some time now with
> the extra entry flag that I created (the one labled, somewhat
> confusingly Audible Feedback...).
> 
> What I think I can do is simply change the behavior of Edit mode to
> append when in appending position.
> 
> The actions in this mode (ie the behavior of a,b,c,d,e,f,g and
> 0,1,2,3,4,5,6) could then become the standard ones for people working
> without modes.
> 
> It would mean that if you are in the middle of some music and you want
> to insert an extra note you would not press any of a..g,0..6 but some
> shift or alt or what have you combination with these.
> 
> thoughts?
> 
> Richard
> 
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