On Wednesday 21 March 2007 21:26, Chris Cannam wrote:
> On Wednesday 21 Mar 2007 20:16, Guillaume Laurent wrote:
> > > What do you think ?
> >
> > Apparently not much :-).
>
> I don't get it.  Wouldn't they, by definition, be outside (or at least
> on the very edges of) the visible area anyway, and therefore not really
> "markers" at all?
>
> Or do you suggest allowing the display of some area that's outside the
> composition?  In which case, particularly at the end of the
> composition, how do you decide how much?

I'd always show the whole composition, so the markers would be manipulable 
like the playback pointer (or possibly collapsing somehow the sections which 
are before/after the marks).

> > In the same vein, I think the marker ruler could make the marker
> > creation a bit easier, for instance right-clicking on the ruler could
> > display a popup menu with the usual create/delete actions.
>
> Yes!  Implement it!  Model it on the tempo ruler.  I've been intending
> to do this for a while, etc, etc.

OK.

> > Also, a single left-click on the ruler could create a marker if there
> > isn't one there already (and pop up the create marker dialog so the
> > user can edit the marker right away).
>
> I think doing stuff like that on a single left-click is a bit too keen,
> but there could be other quicker ways.  The marker ruler could make
> things _much_ nicer than it does now.

If I think of something I'll post about it.

-- 
Guillaume.
http://telegraph-road.org

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