Re: [Denemo-devel] feature request

[Richard Shann]

On Fri, 2013-09-06 at 21:56 -0400, Bric wrote:
> Hi, guys.
> 
> 
> (1)
> Meant to write this months ago.  Call me crazy, but I'm going to make this
> hyperemphatic statement (OK, maybe overreacting, but...)
> 
> I thought of a feature which would make denemo a killer app.  Well, OK, it
> already is.  But its killing radius would expand big-time...
>  
> I'm talking about typing speed.
> 
> And this should be simple, coding-wise:  I want a keyboard way to switch
> between/among duration values, which are now switchiable by mouseclick only
> (AFAICT). 

This has always been possible (IIRC), which version are you on? There
has been Change Prevailing Duration commands since forever ...
Currently I see under Notes/Rests->Select Duration the commands you
want. But currently choosing one duration automatically selects that as
the prevailing duration, so they aren't much used I think. (I use a MIDI
controller, which makes things different ...)

>   
> 
> So, let's say I'm typing out a couple of bars that are full of quarter notes; 
> i
> want my "default"(?) duration to be quarter note. But the following three bars
> are full of eighth notes, so I want to switch my default duration to 
> "eighth". 
> Right now I've got to tear away from the keyboard, from the typing, and do a
> click.  Tremendous slowdown. If I could switch with something like Alt+N 
> (where
> N is a number key from 0 through 6), I could really fly with denemo.  But 
> having
> to mouse-click kind of sucks.
> 
> 
> (2) Is there a way to raise/lower a highlighted SERIES of notes, with a single
> command, as opposed to having to do that one note at a time? (for example, 
> when
> I try to augment the pitch of multiple notes with a plus and minus, only one
> note gets changed — the one the cursor is on)

Yes, many commands apply to the selection. You want
Notes/Rests->Transpose I think.

Richard