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malc · 8 Jun 2005

Thanks RobR 🙂

Out of interest do you use the option to create a link after a small time period or do you use right-click to create a suggested link (I've got to find a better way to describe all this) ?

Malc.

RobR · 8 Jun 2005

The time period one.

There's a right click option?

*Goes off to look*

Nu Audio Science · 8 Jun 2005

No way that right click stuff is cool cheers Malc

RobR · 8 Jun 2005

OK, the right click option is even better, now you've pointed it out. Any other hidden gems like that?

malc · 8 Jun 2005

Hmm, probably. I've been meaning for a while to document all the shortcuts but just haven't got round to it yet.

Did you know about keyboard shortcuts for adding components? You'll find that there are ceratin components that you use much more often than the others. Module, Module Input/Output, MGUI and the data components you'll use 10x as often as the others, probably more.

So to save you constantly going to and from the toolbox, we've added some shortcut keys. The key for each component is shown next to it in the toolbox. S, D and F for String, Int and Float. M for module, G for MGUI and I,O for module in and out.

Components added in this way are created at the current mouse position or directly below the currently selection (hit F several times to get a stack of floats)

RobR · 8 Jun 2005

Wow. Very nice.

infuzion · 8 Jun 2005

malc wrote: So to save you constantly going to and from the toolbox, we've added some shortcut keys. The key for each component is shown next to it in the toolbox. S, D and F for String, Int and Float. M for module, G for MGUI and I,O for module in and out.

I use these all the time; thanks for that!

Another tip: You can copy & paste between any .osm that is loaded in the same running instatance of SM. So if you want to try out a module from something you downloaded to the project you're working on now, just:

• Open the second .osm CTRL+o • Find what you want to copy • Select the module or left-mouse-drag to select a group • CTRL+c • Switch to the old schematic you were working Menu:Window... • CTRL+v You may notice that the original positions are kept with the copy/paste. Sometimes this is helpful, sometimes not.

Also, if you open a .osm from your webbrowser, you may find a new SM instatnce will be opened, preventing this trick from working.

skOre · 8 Jun 2005

infuzion wrote: [*]CTRL+v[/list]You may notice that the original positions are kept with the copy/paste. Sometimes this is helpful, sometimes not.

I vote for FlashMX Style - CTRL+V for pasting in the middle of the screen, CTRL+something+V for pasting at the original position. Same thing should be possible somehow for position in the (V) sense...

infuzion · 8 Jun 2005

skOre wrote: I vote for FlashMX Style - CTRL+V for pasting in the middle of the screen, CTRL+something+V for pasting at the original position.

Good idea, or better yet have one at original position & CTRL+___+V to mean under mouse pointer or other way around...

Another Tip: You can move a link-end-arrow by clicking on the receiving connector, then draging the link to where you want it to end.

infuzion · 9 Jun 2005

wiki'd for future referance

db · 9 Jun 2005

malc wrote: Did you know about keyboard shortcuts for adding components? You'll find that there are ceratin components that you use much more often than the others. Module, Module Input/Output, MGUI and the data components you'll use 10x as often as the others, probably more.

So to save you constantly going to and from the toolbox, we've added some shortcut keys. The key for each component is shown next to it in the toolbox. S, D and F for String, Int and Float. M for module, G for MGUI and I,O for module in and out.

Components added in this way are created at the current mouse position or directly below the currently selection (hit F several times to get a stack of floats)

Bring on the short cut keys, the more the merrier! 🙂

In fact, why not have defineable shortcuts? Anything that speeds up navigation and/or synth building is very much welcomed! 🙂

malc · 9 Jun 2005

Defineable shortcuts are definitely on the list, they cropped up in conversation only the other day. Unfortunately completing the remaining gaps in necessary functionality and all important stabilising work is taking priority over alot of these nice features. We'll get there 🙂

Tom7777 · 9 Jun 2005

Defineable shortcuts, cool can't wait 🙂

infuzion · 10 Jun 2005

Definable shortcuts would be cool, even if we have to resort to editing a plain-text config file.

Tip #3 & 4: -/= Zooms in/out centering at the currently selected item (docs say -/+, but ends up being = on my Americian keyboard) Mousewheel will zoom in/out centering at the mouse position.

If you keep your schematic crowded around the upper-left area of your workarea, the previews up top will be at their maximum size. The previews will shrink as you add items more towards the right & bottom.