Re: [Audacity-devel] multiple label tracks

[David B. <drb...@go...>]

Hi,

On 12/25/07, James Crook <cr...@in...> wrote:
> I'd like to avoid an extra preference if it can be done and satisfy
> everyone.
>
> Another possibility is to make Ctrl-B optional - if there isn't already
> a label at the current selection.  That's no loss from my perspective as
> it would be very rare for me to want to create two labels on the same
> track at the same position.  For those who do want to create a second
> label in the same place, whilst Ctrl-B is not that discoverable, the
> alternative of creating a new label elsewhere and dragging it to the
> same position certainly is discoverable.
>
> It seems to me that this would solve the specific problem of wanting to
> keep the focus on the label track and the current label selected, after
> typing the label and enter, and that it would also give me the easy
> creation of labels that I want, using the mouse keys I prefer.
>
> I think that solves it for everyone.  Does that look like a solution to
> you too?

I don't think that this is the best solution for vi users. If you're
moving the cursor and making selections using the keyboard, then you
soon end up pressing an letter key when there is no label at the
cursor postion. For example, with one audio track, you create a label
track, and then set out to select a time range. You press spacebar to
start, then p to pause (let's you hear that you've stopped at the
right place), then [ to start the selection. But the p has created a
label.

Possible long term soluntions for vi users:
- a simpler keystroke to create a label, for example a single letter
rather than ctrl + b. I guess you still probably won't like that!
- an extra preference

David.