Re: Can keyboard pitch entry advance the cursor to the next note?

[Richard Shann]

On Fri, 2024-12-06 at 00:18 +0000, wakyct@tilde.team wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 05, 2024 at 05:48:05PM +0000, Richard Shann wrote:
> > 
> > so you could conceivably create a PC-keyboard entry method by
> > creating
> > such a set of commands to advance the cursor after editing the note
> > name and assigning shortcuts (e.g. a, b, c ...) to them.
> 
> Thanks Richard, I might try putting all that in a palette.
Much better to put them in a menu so that you can assign single key
shortcuts and use the commands in other scripts.

>  Getting the ergonomics right on the keyboard seems more trouble 
> than it might be worth (if I don't want to completely throw out the
> standard behavior). I don't suppose Denemo has a concept 
> of temporary modes that modify keyboard input?
It's just a question of writing scripts - you can change all the
shortcuts to/fro with a suitable script
an example is this:

Command: Note Names Default Action
Changes the shortcuts for note names a, b, c, d, e, f, g so that they
edit the note at the cursor, or append a note when in the appending
position.
Location: Main Menu ▶ Input ▶ PC Keyboard
Internal Name: NoteNamesDefault

I think you can also change the background color of the main window
from a script so that you have a visual clue as to which "mode" you are
in. Modal interfaces have their downsides though and are not much
favored by HCI gurus...

Richard

>  So you could type a key combo to enter the mode, then press single
> letters, 
> then escape out of the mode. I think in some Emacs modes this is
> called a hydra key combo.
> 
> 
> George
>