Re: [LCtalk] Command line focus

[Paul Carver]

On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 12:55:45AM +0200, Fokko van Duin wrote:
> It's a known issue, and has to do with the fact that the control 
> window -must- be active in order to be sure the CLI keys are 
> received. I never tried it, but maybe you can give a command to make 
> the control window front (window menu), and -then- issuing the CLI 
> commands.

Incidentally, this suggestion does mostly work, but it was a little 
non-intutive and a bit buggy. It's non-intuitive in that the Window menu 
only shows Control-0 as a keyboard shortcut. It doesn't actually 
indicate anywhere that Control-1 through Control-whatever will activate 
windows in the order that they are listed in the menu. It's a bit buggy 
in that the Window menu sometimes gets the windows re-ordered. I think 
it happens on saving the LCP file.  Mapped a key on my Shuttle Pro to 
Control-3 for the control panel window and it worked fine at selecting 
that window for as long as I was using LCEdit+, but when I came back the 
next day I found that Control-3 selected a cuelist window and the 
control panel required a different number to select. It's not perfect, 
but adequate. I'm not sure I'd want to design a theatre show without the 
Shuttle Pro.Even with it there were a few spots where the entire cast 
was waiting on me to wrestle with LCEdit+, but without the 
pre-programmed shortcuts (that I can find easily in the dark) it would 
have been worse.

All said and done, the show looks good. Some moderately complicated 
effects that would have been difficult on our MicrovisionFX and 
impossible on our manual 2 scene board.