On Wed, 7 Dec 2016, eylul wrote:
Lets assume I am an user. :) I want to create a new boot setup (with system tweaks). I have to set up the system tweaks, twice on each tab. (or change the boot setup, then be mystified why settings aren't affected as I change them).
The boot settings could change the now values as well, that would be easy enough. But the now values do not always want the boot values changed. For example a laptop user may wish to boot without performance to extend battery life only turning it on when needed. A desktop user who does a lot of sw building may like to have boost available for building (15 min is better than 20)
Similarly presets doesn't help me at all, if I want to switch back and forth between 2 setups.(unless I want a preset change that also affects audio setup AND tablet setup AND boot setup). I have to change things manually to use the in session tweaks (and potentially look up every time what correct setting is).
You want three sets of presets? It is doable I suppose. But if one part stays the same there is no need to change it every time, it will still be there from where the system is now. Maybe I don't understand. But the preset part right now is just a placeholder, it doesn't do anything.
This is why it is important that the system tweaks are its own profile, where there can be a default one to use in boot.
I am confused. maybe use exact values/parameter names to explain.
Similarly the current preset solution requires me to recreate the audio setup (and graphics setup) each time I create a preset for any reason.
Why? Only if it changes.
It makes much more sense for these to have their own profiles, and having a default one on boot. (then underlying structure can deal with issues like: does this mean jack is started on boot or not).
Own profiles? I am not sure what you mean by a profile. Do you mean own tab? Do you want to rearange what is on each tab? That is not hard to do.
Also each of these have different change rates: * Boot decision is something that will likely rarely change.
So it has it's own tab. It might make more sense for it to be the last tab rather than the first. I am just working from where things were and expanding.
* For audio: there might be a couple of profiles that switches back and forth (for 2 recording setups with different sample rates, or a graphics or gaming profile that turns off zita to avoid extra processing power waste. :D)
While I understand this is just an example, it is probably best practice to find the rate that works best with your audio interface and record, edit, mix etc. at that rate. At export is the time (not realtime BTW) to decide what SR is right for distribution. In general most audio cards work best at 48000. (the analog filters are set to have the sweet spot there) That aside changing master device for jack is quite common for laptops that use a USB IF at home and mix to internal on the road. Different buffer sizes are also common with a larger buffer for mixdown than for tracking and a smaller buffer than either for live effects or softsynth.
* Graphic tablet setup on the other hand, ideally changes every time one switches software! (one of the primary aspects of more professional tablets is that they have shortcuts buttons on the side and most artists/designers like to adjust them to various shortcuts by program basis. Some open source programs do allow their own overrides but not all)
If a tablet shows itself as a file in /dev/input/ it is possible to catch tablet key press events. They could be mapped to whatever. In any case, I would like to add a tablet or graphics tab, but honestly don't know what setting are available let alone which way is which. Someone will have to tell me what they are and I will add them. A bash script or command line examples would be great.
Ralf is right in that too many choices will cause more user problems in the end, and that the GUI needs to be arranged based on how users perceive what they are doing, rather than how we know things actually work under the hood. Some extra options (in this case, under the ability
That is what presets are for. Naming the presets so the user can go "that looks like the one for me" and be correct most of the time is what I am looking for. If we want more than one set of presets for different places that is possible. As I have said that is a part I have not started and will not be starting till I have mostly done with adding settings.
E.g.: checkbox to change CPU profile to performance: What is my CPU profile when it is unchecked? (ergo, why I had a drop down menu for selecting CPU profile in my wireframe).
Len does not care what kind of widgets get used... index 0 or 1 is the same as true or false. I just used what was already being used.
My idea for audio is to come up with a default that just works for most people (doing audio) along with a preset that allows other user not to be setup for audio if they really want to. The thing is, I don't change my setting much. I run jack all the time if I am coding, utubing, or doing audio. The only change I really make is for live kinds of use where I really need low latency. I sometimes use guitarix for effects, and I play around on keyboards somewhat more than that. Despite what people may have said about using jack all the time and running pulse into it, things work amazingly well on all the machines I have used that way. Including my wife's machine which is mostly firefox and skype with the odd "I want to sing along make my mic live" (I was hoping she might try recording some). I really think it should be possible with the tools we have now to default to pulse as a front end for jack for everyday use... I am not sure what happens when blue tooth headsets are added (not supported by alsa so far as I know) or even the user plugs a headset in. But these are things to learn, pulse has it figured out, we should be able to as well. In the end there will probably need to be a way to opt out of jack as a back end, if for no other reason besides someone is sure they need it. Not running pulse, as always, is left as an exercise for the user :) (no I am not firm on that)
I could write more, but really I need to have some anwers here so maybe I won't have to ask them all :) There is no problem with wanting things different, I am only adding things I know help me or at least someone I know. We all have different talents and I lack what other seem to have so it fits well.
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