[Rwp] OSARA keymap

[Chris Belle]

Here here.

On 2/23/2015 12:47 PM, Jim Snowbarger via RWP wrote:
> It's important not to get discouraged over the predictable fact that
> opinions vary on virtually every aspect of any user interface.
> In my opinion, there is absolutely no way to make everybody happy about
> this.  There is no key map in the world that somebody won't like for some
> reason.
> If you told people that control+v would be used to paste, and they had never
> used that before, people would argue against it.  But, as it is, it is
> common place, and nobody fusses about it.
> If I were you, I would just bundle Osara with my own preferred key map.
> And, if some common agreement came along later, it could be changed.  But,
> more likely, people will just learn to use what is there, with minor
> exceptions, and life will be good.
>
> I say, don't let discouragement over the predictable level of disagreement
> about such a matter detract from the broader benefit what is being
> accomplished more generally, and go from there.   If Osara can be
> configurable in that regard, that would be great.
> But, keep the focus on the functionality it provides, and let the ergonomics
> come later.
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: RWP [mailto:rwp-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of James Teh via
> RWP
> Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2015 9:32 PM
> To: Reapers Without Peepers
> Subject: Re: [Rwp] OSARA keymap
>
> I can't find any solid info regarding CakeTalking's keymap, but I did find
> one post that suggests they use m and s for mute and solo, and I imagine
> this extends to arm and input echo as well. That is, if I'm correct, they
> *don't* use function keys. We could do the same for OSARA, but that would
> mean moving the marker and split keys.
>
> At this point, I'm tempted to just bundle my keymap until we can reach some
> sort of better consensus.
>
> Jamie
>
> On 23/02/2015 1:10 PM, John Schucker via RWP wrote:
>> I personally don't mind multiple key presses, and I'm pretty sure
>> CakeTalking does this, for example. I also find function keys
>> annoying, e.g. in GoldWave. They're a stretch for me to reach from the
>> home row, so I just have to treat them as a separate row, and I
>> usually end up counting and such. So I'm in favor of Jamie's keymap.
>>
>> Could we have a keymap import function, or some simple way to replace
>> it? I mean, if we're just overwriting files, I don't see why Jamie
>> can't have whatever keymap makes sense to him as a default. Then
>> somebody else can maintain a map with function keys and such, similar
>> to Reaccess I guess. If you want that, if it's such a problem for you
>> that you can't use function keys, I'm guessing you'll know enough, or
>> easily be able to learn, to overwrite the default Osara keymap. It
>> sounds like all you should need to do is copy and paste a single file
>> anyway, so it really shouldn't be that hard.
>>
>> But for what it's worth, I'd prefer non-function key mappings. I don't
>> think pressing ctrl-shift-m, for instance, is all that much harder
>> than pressing 'm' by itself, and certainly easier, for me at least,
>> than figuring out what function key I need to try to find. I'd also
>> think if people are that much in need of single keys, again, you could
>> either import a map, remap them yourself, or get a control surface. I
>> realize surfaces aren't cheap, even the Behringer is a couple hundred,
>> but I imagine if you're arguing that you're doing so much serious work
>> that ctrl-shift-m slows you down unnecessarily, you'd probably want
>> some kind of surface anyway.
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