[RWP] Jim, your scripts for Reaper

[Chris Smart]

Hi Indigo. I got your emails. I'll get started this week for sure. :)
Chris

At 09:44 PM 4/1/2012, you wrote:
>I immediately saved David's tutorial on accessing Reaper actions, 
>with a hopefully informative title.
>It's already included in a big bundle in the hands of our Editor 
>in Cheif, Chris smart.
>We don't want to load the entire editing work onto his shoulders, 
>though.
>I do what I can, try to pare out pleasantries, as nice as they 
>are, and leave only procedures.
>Sorry, lack of chattyness is why manuals are so dry, but when 
>you're trying to find an answer to a problem, you want to wade 
>through as little text as possible, right?
>I leave human touches in notes though, I refuse to make them read 
>like a classic Roland manual, written by a Martian. smile.
>I'll also post bundles of partly unedited notes, so people can 
>have access to these as quickly as possible.
>Eventually our tips can grow into a coherent guide, or at least 
>individual wiki topics, the same as Cockos Wikis on individual 
>Reaper topics.Sometimes there will be duplication, two or three 
>people on the same topic, not a bad thing to get different viewpoints.
>I know I can be terribly wrong at times and welcome anyone 
>correcting any wrong instructions in my own notes, it's a learning 
>process.
>
>When reading the Cockos forums, with detailed discussions by users 
>who have been using reaper from version 1, no two users will work 
>the same way.
>There can't be a single set way of doing things in Reaper, because 
>of its open and evolving structure.
>Someone who wants to have the media browser become more accessible 
>should write about it in the Cockos forum where users talk  about 
>desired changes.
>The experienced users there often know other ways to access, other 
>approaches, and the browser, in its present form, may not be 
>pleasing to all sighted users either, and hopefully, it could be 
>changed so it's a pleasant experience, like Sound Forge's media 
>browser.
>Indigo L
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>On 4/1/2012 4:48 PM, Jim Snowbarger wrote:
>>David,
>>Thanks very much for this detailed explanation.
>>It works too. That's the ticket to that little problem.
>>Not sure why the backspace that is already there isn't working.
>>
>>Indigo, David's explanation is another good wiki candidate.
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "david hindmarch"
>><david.hindmarch1 at ntlworld.com>
>>To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
>>Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 4:09 AM
>>Subject: Re: [RWP] Jim, your scripts for Reaper
>>
>>
>>>Dear Jim when in the track view press the f-4 key, you are now 
>>>in what
>>>ReaAccess calls the actions list. You can do a great deal with 
>>>in this
>>>set of dialogs such as import and export key maps, find short cuts,
>>>ascribe actions to key commands and create macros of linked actions
>>>similar to the joining of your hot spots to create multiple key
>>>commands, but it is possible to ascribe a key command to an action
>>>with in the actions list in reaper and that action will usually be
>>>reported back to you via your screen reader. I found out last night
>>>the back space button is not actually linked to the media explore
>>>windows although it says it is in the actions list. so let us now
>>>activate the back space key and you can see how fortunate it is that
>>>we have access to the action list.
>>>
>>>
>>>1 press function key f4.
>>>2 tab four times until your screen reader says "section main".
>>>3 You are now in a list comprising the main module that makes up
>>>reaper. The one you want is media explore.
>>>4 Pres the down arrow four times until your screen reader says 
>>>"media
>>>explore".
>>>5 Now tab once to get in to a list of actions, some of which have
>>>already been given a key command.
>>>6 press down arrow to check out each the actions until you get 
>>>to the
>>>back space browser.
>>>7 fun time!! If you have located the back space which should be the
>>>fourth press of your down arrow, you tab once, this will take you in
>>>to a list off short cuts, you will have one listed but it actually
>>>doesn't work, as we now know.
>>>8 Tab again and your screen reader will say "short cuts for selected
>>>action ad button"
>>>9 Pressing the space bar will activate the button, this brings up a
>>>dialog which says: "type key or move controller". Which is referring
>>>to your midi control device.
>>>10 You now choose the key you want to use for the action of moving
>>>from one folder to another, but in this instance we press the back
>>>space button.
>>>some times, if a key is being used for some other action in reaper,
>>>you will be worned that you will override the previous action, 
>>>but in
>>>this case you probably won't get that worning because the back space
>>>hasn't been ascribed to any action.
>>>I hope this protracted ramble helps.
>>>
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