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Re: Setting X-offset and Y-offset graphically.


From: Urs Liska
Subject: Re: Setting X-offset and Y-offset graphically.
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:36:47 +0200

Am Freitag, den 19.04.2013, 10:43 +0200 schrieb Wilbert Berendsen:
> Op Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:31:13 +0200
> Urs Liska <address@hidden> schreef:
> 
> > What I intended to post on your issue tracker (already one day before
> > Richard started posting his progress :-) )
> > is: Use Click&drag to correct pitches.
> > Idea:
> > - Strg-Click on a note (-> like a special behaviour of the beautiful
> > magnifying glass)
> > - Allow to move the note up and down
> > - Use modifier keys to toggle between natural/sharp/flat (or semitone
> > up/downwards
> > - on MouseUp change the note in the source.
> 
> Very cool! When manipulating objects the magnifier (or some object like
> it) should popup and display what you are doing.
Exactly. I'd expect that with Strg-Click the magnifier pops up (the
current behaviour, and when I have clicked on an editable object instead
of the page background the corresponding editing functionality is
started.

> 
> > I don't know if you can have the music view instantly reflect that
> > change?
> 
> I think that LilyPond should be run again. I want to implement
> continuous autocompile anyway.
Ah, of course such a 'signal' should instantly trigger that

> 
> > If not, would it be possible to highlight a changed note (or other
> > item) with a color?
> 
> That can be done.
But recompilation is better.

> 
> > If you could implement this functionality on a fundamental level (i.e.
> > modifying the source by dragging objects), we'd surely find a lot of
> > uses for it, and it would take LilyPond editing to a new dimension!!!
> 
> This is surely the goal for Frescobaldi: editing LilyPond source files,
> but also via the Music View.
> 
> I am also thinking of dragging from one note to another and on release,
> select the corresponding source and show a menu for adding slur,
> articulations, or whatever.
I think (hope) that in such a constellation it wouldn't be _that_ much
extra brainwork to suggest a solution when the two slurred notes are in
different voices.

Urs




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