Re: [Rosegarden-user] Gruesome gotcha: Import MIDI

2019-02-28 Thread rhkramer
On Thursday, February 28, 2019 04:03:52 AM Lorenzo Sutton wrote: > On 28/02/19 01:06, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > On Wednesday, February 27, 2019 06:03:59 PM D. Michael McIntyre wrote: > >> Open - opens a native file > > > > Ok > > > >> Import - opens a non-native file > > > > I don't like

Re: [Rosegarden-user] Gruesome gotcha: Import MIDI

2019-02-28 Thread Lorenzo Sutton
On 28/02/19 01:06, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: On Wednesday, February 27, 2019 06:03:59 PM D. Michael McIntyre wrote: Open - opens a native file Ok Import - opens a non-native file I don't like this -- the word import is not sufficiently intuitive for the behavior -- if that has to stick

Re: [Rosegarden-user] Gruesome gotcha: Import MIDI

2019-02-27 Thread rhkramer
On Wednesday, February 27, 2019 06:03:59 PM D. Michael McIntyre wrote: > Open - opens a native file Ok > Import - opens a non-native file I don't like this -- the word import is not sufficiently intuitive for the behavior -- if that has to stick (I'm not sure it does), then there should be

Re: [Rosegarden-user] Gruesome gotcha: Import MIDI

2019-02-27 Thread D. Michael McIntyre
Open - opens a native file Import - opens a non-native file Merge - merges any supported file into the current composition We debated the nomenclature years ago, and this is what stuck. -- D. Michael McIntyre ___ Rosegarden-user mailing list

Re: [Rosegarden-user] Gruesome gotcha: Import MIDI

2019-02-25 Thread rhkramer
On Monday, February 25, 2019 04:32:57 PM Al Thompson wrote: > On 2/25/2019 10:56 AM, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > On Monday, February 25, 2019 08:27:56 AM msk...@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca wrote: > >> On Mon, 25 Feb 2019, Håkan Söderström via Rosegarden-user wrote: > >>> I make this note while still a

Re: [Rosegarden-user] Gruesome gotcha: Import MIDI

2019-02-25 Thread Al Thompson
On 2/25/2019 10:56 AM, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: On Monday, February 25, 2019 08:27:56 AM msk...@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca wrote: On Mon, 25 Feb 2019, Håkan Söderström via Rosegarden-user wrote: I make this note while still a beginner: Rosegarden would need a terminology overhaul in order not to trip

Re: [Rosegarden-user] Gruesome gotcha: Import MIDI

2019-02-25 Thread mskala
On Mon, 25 Feb 2019, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > I am not the OP, but you confused at least me. I think you (strongly) agree > that "Import MIDI" is a bad name, you don't like the proposed new name, but I > had to do a lot of "gratuitous" reading to figure that out. My main point has to do with

Re: [Rosegarden-user] Gruesome gotcha: Import MIDI

2019-02-25 Thread rhkramer
On Monday, February 25, 2019 08:27:56 AM msk...@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca wrote: > On Mon, 25 Feb 2019, Håkan Söderström via Rosegarden-user wrote: > > I make this note while still a beginner: Rosegarden would need a > > terminology overhaul in order not to trip up new users completely. > > > > "Import

Re: [Rosegarden-user] Gruesome gotcha: Import MIDI

2019-02-25 Thread mskala
On Mon, 25 Feb 2019, Håkan Söderström via Rosegarden-user wrote: > I make this note while still a beginner: Rosegarden would need a terminology > overhaul in order not to trip up new users completely. > > "Import MIDI" really means: "New session based on MIDI file". It scraps > whatever you did

[Rosegarden-user] Gruesome gotcha: Import MIDI

2019-02-25 Thread Håkan Söderström via Rosegarden-user
I make this note while still a beginner: Rosegarden would need a terminology overhaul in order not to trip up new users completely. "Import MIDI" really means: "New session based on MIDI file". It scraps whatever you did before importing, warning that "File has not been saved". "File"? It's the