Re: Thorn Rev. 10476 compile error

> From: D. Michael McIntyre <rosegarden.trumpeter@...>
> Subject: Re: [Rosegarden-devel] Thorn Rev. 10476 compile error
> To: rosegarden-devel@...
> Cc: "Julie S" <msjulie_s@...>
> Date: Wednesday, July 8, 2009, 10:19 PM
> On Wednesday 08 July 2009, Julie S
> wrote:
>
> > I just noticed in the main view, the record lights
> were dimly lit red on
> > tracks without connections.  I think you did that
> as well.  I like that
> > too.
>
> I wonder if you happen to have an .rg file that when loaded
> will display what
> you're talking about, and if not, maybe a screenshot? 
> I want to be sure of
> how the new code is behaving in the field, because "dimly
> lit red" doesn't
> actually sound like anything I intended.
>
> The record LEDs should be red, orange or yellow for tracks
> associated with
> audio, synth or plain MIDI instruments, respectively. 
> White LEDs indicate a
> broken instrument, and green means "oh shit."  We
> should never see green.
>
> If I go delete "General MIDI Device" then all the tracks
> attached to that get
> white LEDs.  What happens there?
>
> > I see that there was a "show" velocity, pitch, and an
> add ruler, but, I
> > didn't see a way to turn them off.
>
> There will be.
>
> > Hmm..  maybe a toggle state (show /
> > hide) for velocity, and for the others (pitch and any
> others that are
> > added).  But, I think we where still discussing
> all the issues surrounding
> > the interface and scope of access for these (segment /
> versus global).
>
> Can anyone think of a compelling advantage to having rulers
> attached to
> anything other than the global scope?  At the moment
> there's no memory
> backend to any of this anyway, but it seems easiest just to
> do it globally. 
> I kind of started in that direction without really
> contemplating why it
> seemed the most reasonable thing to do, but now that I
> think about it, it
> still does.
>
> For my purposes anyway, that would probably be fine.
> --
> D. Michael McIntyre
>