- Ctrl x means "press the Ctrl key, keep it pressed - and then also press the x key. You may also see key combinations + x means "press the 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 + 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. + running OS X, you will see Cmd where appropriate (for instance + in the first example above). On other machines you will see + Ctrl instead. +
+ ++ 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. +
+ ++ Some GUI elements can optionally be controlled with the mouse wheel when + the pointer is hovering over them. The notation for mouse wheel action is + ⇑ ⇐ + ⇓ ⇒. +
+ ++ 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. +
+ ++ Ardour supports hardware controllers, such as banks of + faders, knobs, or + buttons.
+ Some dialogs or features may require you to type in some data + such as this. In rare cases, you will be required to perform certain + operations at the command line of your operating system: +
+cat /proc/cpuinfo +sleep 3600 +ping www.google.com + ++ Important messages from Ardour or other programs will be displayed + like this. +
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- 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. -
- -- 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. -
- -- 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. + Hairy issues that might cause things to go wrong, lose data, impair sound + quality, or eat your proverbial goldfish, are displayed in this way.