Re: [Audacity-devel] Ruler play region support added

[Dominic M. <do...@au...>]

On Apr 15, 2006, at 1:02 PM, Mar...@ao... wrote:
> Hi Markus
>
> I have just been playing with this and it's very nice!  I think  
> it's  much
> needed functionality.
>
> Just a few of comments, meant to be constructive:
> When I 'Lock Play Region' the arrow does not go red until I 'play', or
> adjust the region.  Similarly when I 'Unlock Play Region'.  I  
> don't  think that is
> what you intended?
> Have you thought of hot keys for 'Play Region Extend/Contract Left/ 
> Right'  in
> the same way as 'Selection Extend/Contract Left/Right' (Shift+Left/ 
> Right,
> Ctrl+Shift+Left/Right)?
> Have you thought of a hot key to toggle Lock/Unlock on and off?

Remember that anything that's in the menu bar can be assigned a hot  
key by a user.  So we don't have to decide on the key, just add the  
command...

- Dominic


> Menu item to Lock/Unlock should be hidden when Play Region is
> Locked/Unlocked.
> Play Region does not seem to be saved as part of the  project -  
> this would be
> useful.
> Your final comment about editing a sentence is not working for me.   
> If  I
> delete a word then Play Region stays in the same place (it does not  
> get  shorter)
> and so when I play I hear part of the next sentence.  I think the
> functionality is OK but you may wish to consider the wording here.
>
> TTFN
> Martyn
>
>
> In a message dated 13/04/2006 12:57:29 GMT Standard Time,  
> me...@me...
> writes:
> Hi everyone,
>
> the following functionality has now been  commited:
>
> * The ruler shows the current "play region" using a gray arrow  like
> this: |<----->| When no region is selected only the first arrow is   
> shown
> like this: |<
>
> * When something is selected, the play region  arrow in the ruler is
> updated to match the selection
>
> * When "Play" is  selected, the current region is played
>
> * You can click into the ruler.  This starts playing from the clicked
> point. The selection is not affected by  this.
>
> * You can click/drag into the ruler. This effectively creates a  
> new  play
> region and plays it back. The selection is not affected by  this.
>
> * You can drag the edges of the play region with the mouse. This  will
> _not_ start playing but just adjust the edges. Playing can then  be
> started by pressing the spacebar or the play toolbar button.  The
> selection is not affected by this.
>
> * There's a new submenu in the  "Edit" menu "Play Region" which allows
> you to "lock" the playing region. In  this case, if you do a new
> selection, the play region will not be set to this  new selection, but
> stay the same. The play region arrow will change the color  to red to
> indicate that the play region is locked.
>
> * Changing the  selection while playing has been allowed again  
> because it
> is now obvious from  the play region shown in the ruler what is  
> currently
> played, so there's no  inconsistency anymore.
>
> The above may sound a bit complicated but I  believe it should be
> intuitive as soon as you play with it. Please note  also:
>
> * The behaviour for selecting and playing has not been changed at   
> all.
> Infact, selecting and playing now works exactly like in 1.2.x   
> (again),
> as long as you don't click into the ruler.
>
> * As long as the  play region is not locked (it isn't by default) the
> play region follows the  selection, as it was before.
>
> * The ability to lock the play region may  look strange at first  
> sight,
> but it is very useful for some tasks. E.g., if  you have a sentence  
> in an
> interview from which you want to cut some words  out, you can lock the
> play region to this sentence, and then edit the  sentence,
> selecting/deselecting, cutting/pasting stuff. While doing that,  
> you  can
> always press "Space" and hear the full sentence without the need  to
> select it again.
>
> Please test and let me know what you  think.
>
>
> Markus
>
>
>
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