On 02/05/2016 03:36 PM, Yves Guillemot wrote: > I don't see any point not to have the preview always visible (I wonder if it > was not how the old KDE version was working. I can't remember.)
I think it may have been something that got lost in the port. I think there used to be a preview, and it used to be gray. Green seems like a strange choice at first, but it makes more sense when you try with a segment that has a playable range defined. Go too high or low, green becomes red. Green = playable, red = bad touch, can't argue with that. Aesthetically, I think I'd like to see the preview notes semi-opaque, so they have a ghostly quality. If that's too expensive in code complication or processing overhead at runtime, maybe it could be faked by using a pale version of the color for the preview. > On the other hand I always found painful to enter notes with the mouse. > Changing duration of notes or switching to rests needs to move the cursor from > the insertion point to the tool bar and to come back (or to use the keyboard > shortcuts which needs to remember them). This is one of those ideas that sounded very strange when I read the description, but after I tried it, I wondered why I didn't think of this sooner. I barely have any experience with it, but I can appreciate the advantages immediately. That's a good idea! One of the first things I did was set up a trumpet track and try the playable range thing. The bottom end on most three-valve brass is written as F# below the staff. Hover down to F, it shows red, hold shift, it still shows red. Enter the note, since it's F# in the end, it's black. This suggests it would be a good idea to preview the accidentals too. They can and do make a difference on playable or not playable. Of course I haven't touched a trumpet in so long now, I almost certainly couldn't play low F# if you paid me. I fell off the horse, and my horn chops have atrophied. The trumpet is not an occasional instrument, unfortunately. That's why I'm a drummer now! Or slowly becoming a drummer anyway. -- D. Michael McIntyre ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=272487151&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Rosegarden-devel mailing list [email protected] - use the link below to unsubscribe https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-devel
