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Andraž Tori schrieb:
> a patch that completely merges both editing modes of cinelerra into a single 
> one, with shift key
> being the modifier ...
> 
> editing modes are one of the hardest things for new learners of cinelerra to 
> comprehend (by my
> experience) and there is really no reason not to merge them, since most of 
> people expect to use
> shift for selecting.
> 
> bye andraz
> 

Oh noooooo, please don't !!!!!!!!

your point with cinelerra beginners is valid, though. Modes are confusing, at 
first.

But they exist for very good reasons. I personally use drag-n-drop editing only 
in the
first 1% of time when working on a new project. Its ease of use is good when 
rearranging
and changing things quickly.

But most of the time things are set and I do adjustments and tweeking or have 
very carefully
to consider any moving of clips (keeping sync, L-cuts, overlays, mask tracs 
etc.). So, most
of the time I use cut-n-paste editing and I really appreciate it.

The main problems with drag-n-drop mode for day to day work are:

- - you have to click to the timbar ruler to set the playback position --> way 
to much mouse movement.
- - selecting is difficult (ok, you probably fixed that, but this forces me to 
press shift very often)
- - it is easy to move a clip inadvertendly and thus destroy much work without 
noting it.


The problem with using shift for marking is: this forces me to have my left 
hand at the left side
of the keyboard. But, frequently I have it on the numpad (for navigating with 
keys) and have the
right hand on my mouse.

So, please Andraz, if you really want to change this, at least leave a setting 
somewhere to retain
the old behaviour, because otherwise you make things much more difficult for a 
power user in favor
for the beginners. (and cinelerra isn't focused on beginners, isn't it ;-) )


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