24 Nov
2011
24 Nov
'11
9:50 p.m.
From: brummer-(a)web.de
To: d(a)drobilla.net
CC: nickycopeland(a)hotmail.com; linux-audio-dev(a)lists.linuxaudio.org
I think most modern apps use middle mouse button today for midi
connection. Laptops witch didn't have a middle mouse button often even
didn't have a midi in connection so there is nothing to loose.
And, for that case one can provide a midi table to choose connections
from.
A click to "go here", seems on the other hand like a bad Idea for me.
So there are a few options for middle mouse:
a. it does not exist since we have 2 button mouse
b. it does, or is emulated and implies 'jump to here'
c. it does, or is emulated and implies 'post pop-up to request value'
d. it does, or is emulated and implies 'MIDI CC Register'
That probably needs to be voted on to see what is generally implemented.
It might also make sense to post on LAU and see what people generally
anticipate, as ever there can be disconnects between users and developers.
Out of interest, how many apps respect mouse buttons 4 and buttons 5 for
scroll up/down? This is the middle-mouse-wheel, it should at least be part of
the proposal, then perhaps also with 'Control', and 'Shift'?
Most time you have a underling adjustment witch have a
much wider range
then the screen counterpart (the controller) represent so that it is
impossible to click on a point and get the wonted value.
But overall, a agreement about the different use cases of controller
keys will be very fine and useful for the Linux Audio World.