[LAD] NSM - handling large files

[rosea.grammostola]

On 04/04/2012 04:39 PM, Rui Nuno Capela wrote:
>>
>> Another question. If you compare NSM level 0 (!) with JackSession. Which
>> session manager do you prefer and why?
>>
>
> well, NSM level 0 adds nothing to what JSM already delivers. sorry for
> the noise :)
>
> the once self-called "uber-procrastinator" says: prefer what is already
> there and "de-facto" working.

Your opinion is clear, but your arguments are not strictly correct I think.
You say that a hypothetical NSM level 0, adds nothing to what JS 
delivers, but that's not true.

When I want to save a session in JS, I have to make a new folder. If I 
want to save a slightly changed session, I have to make a new folder or 
choose a existent folder. If I do the latter, the gui ask me if I really 
want to overwrite it. I choose 'yes'. (This is what you could call 
pretty cumbersome). In one case, someone did choose the /home/user 
folder... and lost all his data. Ok, you've versioning now in 
qjackctl... There is no way in Qjackctl to add apps without JS support 
to the session. It is not possible to quit a session without saving it, 
so I have to close every application manually.

In NSM on the other hand. I make a new session, add and remove apps on 
the fly from a nice centralized and quick GUI interface. It's even easy 
to add apps without NSM support (or scripts) via the GUI. If I change a 
session, I'm just able to save it without making a new folder or 
overwrite it. I am able to close a whole session and to abort a whole 
session (without saving). As a user can expect, all apps in the session 
close. Moreover it's possible to duplicate a session as a manner of 
using templates. It's very easy and fast to change between sessions. I 
am able to use session over the network very easily. I have never the 
risk of overwriting my precious data. I' m able to add applications 
without JACK support to NSM (Frescobaldi notation-editor, Emacs with 
SuperCollder etc.).

If you say that NSM adds nothing then a) you didn't try it and don't 
really know where you're talking about or b) don't think that the NSM 
stuff mentioned above are valuable of any kind for a user.

Regards,
\r

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