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Subject: Re: New LCX/LCM, LCedit software
From: Fokko van Duin
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 01:36:09 +0200

At 17:26 -0400 15-04-2003, Todd Lipcon wrote:
On Tue, 15 Apr 2003, Fokko van Duin wrote:
What's new in LCedit+ v3.03:
1. Next/Previous Cue commands. (shortcuts are option Next/pre button, option-PageUp/PageDown.
Haven't tried it yet, but one suggestion already:

Can we add a preference to reverse the default, such that by default the Next/Pre button (or pageup/pagedown, or space, or any other "next step" button) acts as Next/Prev Cue, and then the modifiers change it to act as Next/Prev Step?

For theater people, I think the Cue functionality will be used so much more than the Step functionality that it's worth adding.
Hi Todd,

Well it has been tested by a few theatre customers and they have no complains anymore ;-). Normally you still need the Next step (space bar) to start a Cue. The greatest advantage is now that you can go back to Previous Cue (and it's correct for most situations) if you hit the space too early ;-) Also skipping a Cue is now just a option (alt) space. If you look at the examples it's complex, but it works very well, just try it ;-)

Here are some examples how the new Cue system works:

(* marks first step of a cue)

      Cuelists                             NextStep PrevStep NextCue PrevCue
*  0.0                                         10.1    80.3     10.1    80.3

 10.0                                         10.1     0.0     10.1     0.0
* 10.1 show d01 for 5.1s                       10.2     0.0     10.4     0.0
 10.2 show d02 for 0.5s split f in for 5.1s   10.3    10.1     10.4     0.0
 10.3 show prev for ever split f out for 10s  10.4    10.2     10.4     0.0
* 10.4 show d03 for 5.1s                       10.5    10.3     15.1    10.1
 10.5 show d04 for 0.5s split f in for 5.1s   10.6    10.4     15.1    10.1
 10.6 show prev for ever split f out for 10s  15.1    10.5     15.1    10.1

 15.0                                         15.1    10.6     15.1    10.4
* 15.1 show d01 for 5.1s                       15.2    10.6     22.1    10.4
 15.2 show d02 for 5.1s                       15.3    15.1     22.1    10.4
 15.3 show d03 for 5.1s                       22.0    15.2     22.1    10.4

 22.0                                         22.1    15.3     22.1    15.1
* 22.1 show d01 for 5.1s                       25.0    22.0     25.1    15.1

 25.0                                         25.1    22.1     25.1    22.1
* 25.1 show d01 for 0.5s split f in for 5.1s   25.2    25.0     25.3    22.1
 25.2 show prev for ever split f out for 10s  25.3    25.1     25.3    22.1
* 25.3 show d02 for 5.1s                       25.4    25.2     80.1    25.1
 25.4 hold for ever                           80.1    25.3     80.1    25.1

 80.0                                         80.1    25.4     80.1    25.3
* 80.1 show d01 for ever                       80.2    25.4     80.2    25.3
* 80.2 show d01 for ever                       80.3    80.1     80.3    80.1
* 80.3 show d01 for ever                        0.0    80.2      0.0    80.2

Regards,

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