-This section covers some of the typographical and language conventions -used in this manual. + This section covers some of the typographical and language conventions + used in this manual.
-Keyboard bindings are shown like this: s or x. -Ctrl x means "press the Ctrl key, keep it pressed and then also -press the x key. You may also see key combinations such as -e, which mean that you should press the key, then while keeping it pressed also press the - key and then while -keeping them both pressed, finally press the e key.
+ Keyboard bindings are shown like this: s or + x. + ++ Ctrl x means "press the Ctrl key, keep it pressed + and then also press the x key. You may also see key combinations + such as e, which mean that you should hold down + the key and the + key, and then while keeping them both + down, press the e key. +
-Note that different platforms have different conventions for which modifier key -(Control or Command) to use as the primary or most common modifier. When viewing -this manual from a machine identifying itself as running OS X, you will see -Cmd where appropriate (for instance in the first example above). -On other machines you will see Ctrl instead. + Note that different platforms have different conventions for which + modifier key (Control or Command) to use as the primary or most common + modifier. When viewing this manual from a machine identifying itself as + running OS X, you will see Cmd where appropriate (for instance + in the first example above). On other machines you will see Ctrl + instead.
-Menu items are indicated like this:
-Top > Next > Deeper. Each ">"-separated item
-indicates one level of a nested (sub-)menu.
+ Menu items are indicated like this:
+ Top > Next > Deeper.
+ Each ">"-separated item indicates one level of a nested (sub-)menu.
-Choices in various dialogs, notably the Preferences and Properties dialog, are
-indicated like this:
-Edit > Preferences > Audio > Some Option.
-Each successive item indicates either a (sub-) menu or a tabbed dialog
-navigation. The final item is the one to choose or select.
+ Choices in various dialogs, notably the Preferences and Properties dialog, are
+ indicated like this:
+ Edit > Preferences > Audio > Some
+ Option.
+ Each successive item indicates either a (sub-) menu or a tabbed dialog
+ navigation. The final item is the one to choose or select.
-If you are requested to deselect an option, you will see something like
-this:
-Edit > Preferences > Audio > Some other
-Option.
+ If you are requested to deselect an option, you will see something like
+ this:
+ Edit > Preferences > Audio > Some other
+ Option.
-Important notes about things that might not otherwise be obvious are shown in this -format. + Important notes about things that might not otherwise be obvious are shown in + this format.
-Hairy issues that might cause things to go wrong, lose data, or impair sound -quality is displayed in this way. + Hairy issues that might cause things to go wrong, lose data, or impair sound + quality is displayed in this way.
-We refer to mouse buttons as -Left, Middle and -Right. Ardour can use additional buttons, but they have -no default behaviour in the program. + We refer to mouse buttons as + Left, Middle and + Right. Ardour can use additional buttons, but they have + no default behaviour in the program.
-Many editing functions are performed by clicking the mouse while holding a -modifier key, for example Left. - + Many editing functions are performed by clicking the mouse while holding a + modifier key, for example Left.
+Many times the term context-click is used to indicate -that you should (typically) right-click on a particular element of the graphical -user interface. Although right-click is the common, default way to do this, there -are other ways to accomplish the same thing - this term refers to any of them, -and the result is always that a menu specific to the item you clicked on will be -displayed. +
+ Many times the term context-click is used to indicate + that you should (typically) right-click on a particular element of the graphical + user interface. Although right-click is the common, default way to do this, there + are other ways to accomplish the same thing - this term refers to any of them, + and the result is always that a menu specific to the item you clicked on will be + displayed.
-When the manual refers to the "pointer", it means the on-screen representation -of the mouse position or the location of a touch action if you are using a touch -interface. + When the manual refers to the "pointer", it means the on-screen representation + of the mouse position or the location of a touch action if you are using a touch + interface.
-Ardour supports hardware controllers, such as banks of faders, knobs, or buttons. + Ardour supports hardware controllers, such as banks of + faders, knobs, or + buttons.