Re: [Audacity-quality] Edit > Select > Left/Right at Playback Position

[Gale A. <ga...@au...>]

| From Vaughan Johnson <va...@au...> 
| Sun, 19 Sep 2010 17:49:10 -0700
| Subject: [Audacity-quality] Edit > Select > Left/Right at Playback Position
> I vote for #4. 

The only thing I don't like about #4 is "Set" on its own (nothing like as 
obvious as "Move Cursor" as to what it does). Can't think of a better 
word than "Set". How about "Set Cursor/Selection" then:

  Set Cursor at Selection Start
  Set Cursor at Selection End
  Set Cursor at Track Start
  Set Cursor at Track End
  Set Left Selection Boundary
  Set Right Selection Boundary  

This is analogous with the Tracks > Align commands where we repeat 
"Align" in the actual commands so as to be clear.  




Gale  

 
> On 9/18/2010 6:52 PM, ga...@au... wrote:
> > 
> > Posting here since I assume not everyone follows the Manual day to 
> > day. 
> > 
> > Bill and I have been discussing that the Edit > Select > Left/Right at 
> > Playback Position commands aren't documented for what they do 
> > when not playing/recording, and whether their behaviour is correct
> > in that case:
> > http://manual.audacityteam.org/index.php?title=Talk:Edit_Menu
> > 
> > I think the behaviour in a static track is reasonable and useful, but 
> > share Bill's concern about the menu item being misleadingly worded 
> > (especially that it implies this is only available when playing). 
> > 
> > I think either of the below re-wordings are reasonable and a big
> > improvement:
> > 
> > 1 Edit > Select > Set Left Selection Boundary
> >     and Edit > Select > Set Right Selection Boundary
> > 
> > 2 Edit > Select > Left Selection Boundary
> >    and Edit > Select > Right Selection Boundary
> > 
> > Those reflect the wording of the "Set Left/Right Selection Boundary" 
> > dialogue when you use those commands on a static track.  I prefer (2)
> > but don't really care. The only other alternatives I can see are:
> > 
> > 3  A separate Edit menu item "Set" cascading to "Left Selection Boundary"
> >     and "Right Selection Boundary". I don't think we can afford the space. 
> > 
> > 4 Work it into/rename "Move Cursor" somehow. Probably Set > 
> >   
> >     Cursor at Selection Start
> >     Cursor at Selection End
> >     Cursor at Track Start
> >     Cursor at Track End
> >     Left Selection Boundary
> >     Right Selection Boundary  
> > 
> > I think 1) or 2) are good enough though 4) is grammatically best of all. 
> > Any views?
> > 
> >   
> > 
> > 
> >      
> > Gale