Re: [Denemo-devel] Is there a way to have all pop-up windows be on top

[Richard Shann]

On Fri, 2015-10-16 at 11:29 -0500, Jeremiah Benham wrote:
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> On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 11:00 AM, Richard Shann
> <address@hidden> wrote:
>         On Fri, 2015-10-16 at 11:00 -0500, Jeremiah Benham wrote:
>         > I was using the mouse. I had resized my main window and
>         placed the
>         > palettes
>         which palettes?
> 
> 
> The ones I would use. I only used one at a time and then I would close
> it when not needed. So just earlier today I was using the chord symbol
> palette in this way. 
> 
>  
>         >  on the side so I can access them both. I did not know I
>         could access
>         > the palette via the keyboard.
> 
> 
> I am not sure I see the point in having palettes as a feature if
> everything can be accessed in the menu.
There are multiple advantages.
1) you can assemble all the commands you use together in one or more
palettes which you can dock at the side or top of your display.
2) you can give them names which you remember.
3) you can write special instructions about using them that you might
forget in the tooltip.
4) you can still access them from the keyboard without having to set a
short cut and remember it.
5) you can add palette buttons that create specific things like your
personal copyright line, rather than invoking the general copyright
command.

all now documented in the manual (I hope!)

Richard


>  I thought they were there to have something so people can click on
> with their mouse to add things. I thought was to make denemo more
> accessible to people who don't use their mouse. This seems important
> because of touchscreens becoming so popular. 

I haven't given any serious thought to that - I've only peripherally
come into contact with them. It would be interesting to know if they
could be used with Denemo.

Richard

>  
> 
>         I've documented this in the manual now.
>         > I did not see it
>         It here refers to some command? Which?
> 
> 
> The simple chord entry. I just found it under Notes->Markings->Chord
> Symbols. I was looking under Chords->
> 
>  
>         >  in the menu anymore so I was using the palettes.
>         The palettes buttons that are shipped are all just commands
>         that are to
>         be found in the menu system AFAIK. If you type some words from
>         the
>         tooltip into the command center search you should find the
>         command.
>         >  I might not have looked hard enough though. I use to assign
>         a key
>         > shortcut for that via the menu.
>         that = which command?
> 
> 
> I have not have time to test out the command center yet. I am going to
> check that out.
> 
> 
> Jeremiah 
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>         
>         Richard
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>         > Jeremiah
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>         >
>         > On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 10:45 AM, Richard Shann
>         > <address@hidden> wrote:
>         >         On Fri, 2015-10-16 at 09:53 -0500, Jeremiah Benham
>         wrote:
>         >         > I could not set hide_windows to 0 so I had to
>         patch the code
>         >         to turn
>         >         > it off. I was trying to add chords to a leadsheet
>         >         What were you using to add chords? (A palette
>         button, a menu
>         >         item - torn
>         >         off menu or not - A keyboard shortcut - a dialog
>         popped up by
>         >         a menu
>         >         item ...)
>         >
>         >         One of the most useful things is using a palette
>         from the
>         >         keyboard - you
>         >         don't have to have the palette visible to do that.
>         If you set
>         >         up the
>         >         labels on the palette buttons you can get the
>         buttons
>         >         activated with
>         >         just a very few keystrokes.
>         >
>         >         Richard
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