Re: [Audacity-quality] The "Scrub" command in the Ext-Bar menu is totally inappropriety

[Peter S. <pet...@gm...>]

I don't know how speel-chucker managed to mangle the title of this post -
it should of course read:

 The "Scrub" command in the Ext-Bar menu is totally inappropriate
 Peter

On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 5:52 PM, Peter Sampson <
pet...@gm...> wrote:

> Hi James,
>
> I finally found some time to explore a P2 that Bill raised in the Manual
> back in August for this page:
> https://alphamanual.audacityteam.org/man/Ext-Bar_Menu:_Scrub
>
> Where he writes in the ednote:
>
> >The title of this sub-menu is strange. It's about seeking, not scrubbing.
> And it has nothing to do with the new "Seeking" feature (which is all about
> mouse manipulation).
>
> I tested around this today and I have to totally agree with hi,  I wrote
> in the ednote:
>
> >I totally agree with Bill here. This command has nothing to do with
> scrubbing (or Audacity's seeking come to that). For a start it does not
> operate when scrubbing or seeking
> >is being used - it s not grayed out, but it can be selected and does
> nothing. It only has any effect while in normal Play mode, where it jumps
> the play head forwards or backwards
> >while playing. "Scrub" is a totally inappropriate nomenclature for this
> command.
>
>
> I'm guessing that it's probably to late to consider fixing this fro 2.2.1
> (but maybe not) - but is should be on the table for the next release if not.
>
> Peter
>