Re: [Audacity-quality] Time Track cut/copy/paste and 2.2.0-RC

[Steve t. F. <ste...@gm...>]

On 17 October 2017 at 23:02, Bill Wharrie <bi...@go...> wrote:

> This is listed in the Release Notes as an Improvement in 2.2.0.
>
> IMO the implementation leaves something to be desired. I’m not suggesting
> we do another RC cycle for this, but perhaps we could remove it from the
> release notes and fix it up for the next release?


+1 for not listing it as an improvement in the release notes. As it stands
it is not something we want to brag about.

Steve



> I can’t imagine this is a high priority for many users. This feature is
> not documented in the manual:
>
> https://alphamanual.audacityteam.org/man/Time_Tracks
>
> Steps to reproduce:
> 1 new project
> 2 generate or import audio
> 3 Tracks > Add New > Time Track
> 4 make some radical adjustments at the start of the Time Track (just so
> they’re easy to see)
> 5 drag a selection in the Time Track only (at or near the start so it
> includes the adjustments made in 4 - again, just so it’s easy to see what
> happens)
> 6 Copy — error message ("select the audio for Copy to use")
> 7 drag a similar selection in the Audio Track and extend it into the Time
> Track and Copy — apparent success
> 8 click outside the tracks or otherwise make sure no tracks are selected
> and set editing cursor to time zero (Skip to Start)
> 9 Paste
> a) A new audio track is created and the copied audio is pasted into it
> b) An envelope (corresponding to the selection range copied in step 6) is
> pasted into the start of the Time Track, pushing the existing Time Track
> envelope to the right.
>
> So you can’t really cut/copy/paste in a time track the way you can in a
> Label Track.
>
> — Bill
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