Re: [Rosegarden-devel] Note Hotkey Mode

[Julie S <msj...@ya...>]

Dear Christopher,

You wrote:
> I propose a seperate mode for note entry that you enter
> into with a 
> hotkey. that way you could leave your hot keys open to
> other navigation 
> and editing actions.
> 
> As it is right now the note entry  hotkeys eat up
> almost everything. By 
> stripping them out in Open Octave MIDI I was able to create
> a very 
> powerful set of keys that allowed for rapid editing and
> navigation, at 
> the expense of loosing all the note entry capability from
> the keyboard.
> 
> So would it be possible in thorn to have the ability to go
> into note mode?
> 
> If so I would be able to easily pass along some of the
> enhancements we 
> made in Open Octave MIDI.


Thank you for your interest.  Unfortunatly, in notation_toolbar_2, I currently ripping the guts of the noteInserter/restInerter to make a NoteRestInserter to easy workflow.

The idea of deactivating the keyboard layout, for other shortcuts, and allowing the user to select to re-enable them crossed my mind.  But, that was never vetted out.

I'm deep in the rewrite of notation_toolbar_2 with distinct goals.  That was not one of them.

I'm not saying no.  I am saying not now.  I my estimated merge date is September 6th, 2009.  After the merge, then would be a good time to move on that (if that is the will of the developers.)

I happy for you to discuss the merits, and gain some momentum, but I would prefer if coding or branching started after my merge--assuming I get the ok.

Unfortunately, by my merge date, I will back in classes full time and unable to contribute "code-wise" in helpful fashion.  So, that leaves any coding to you or anther individual.

My understanding is that your code is on the the Qt 3 toolkit, correct and based on classic? Correct.  If these are true, your code may not cross the between to Thorn as a simple drop and replace.  Also since you are talking about shortcuts, we do much of that in .rc files now and the code brought to Thorn would need to follow suit.

Those are my thoughts.  Don't let that deter you from something good.  I just ask that any branching or coding start after and if my branch merges, since a branch related to your idea will need to build upon what I present.

Sincerely,
Julie S.