[LAU] qjackctl gets confused when used through ssh -X

david gnome at hawaii.rr.com
Mon Nov 2 14:13:13 EST 2009


Rui Nuno Capela wrote:
> On Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:29:37 -1000, david <gnome at hawaii.rr.com> wrote:
>> Rui Nuno Capela wrote:
>>> drew Roberts wrote:
>>>> On Sunday 01 November 2009 08:26:59 fons at kokkinizita.net wrote:
>>>>>> again, that's nothing to do
>>>>>> with the wrong place of the qjackctl configuration file but _when_
> the
>>>>>> changes are committed to it: at program exit.
>>>>> So why then is there a 'Save' button at all ?
>>> the "save" button is to save current settings and only those as a named
>>> preset.
>>>
>>> those settings are the ones seen in that particular page
>>> (Setup/Settings), being the ones strictly related to jackd arguments.
>>>
>>> the "save" is about creating/updating a named preset. it is _not_ to
>>> save nor commit the program configuration state to disk. still that
> only
>>> occurs on program exit.
>> So call it "Save As A Preset". Sounds like it might reduce user
> confusion.
> 
> eats precious screen real estate, which is already bloated.
> 
> if you take a closer look, for quite some time (since ever?) the "Preset
> Name:" label, the preset name edit-box and the "Save" and "Delete" buttons
> are all on the same line and in this sequence, an usual pattern for preset
> management (found on all of my apps, btw:)  and if you hover the mouse on
> the "Save" button the tool-tip balloon will tell you that it "Save settings
> as current preset name".
> 
> ain't that enough?

Is enough for me. Just was mentioning a thought since it seemed like 
some people were confused about just what the Save button was saving ...

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David
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