| From Steve the Fiddle <[email protected]> | Fri, 6 Jan 2012 18:20:44 +0000 | Subject: [Audacity-manual] [Tracks_Preferences] precision > On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 4:34 PM, Gale Andrews <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > | From Steve the Fiddle <[email protected]> > > | Fri, 6 Jan 2012 15:34:08 +0000 > > | Subject: [Audacity-manual] [Tracks_Preferences] precision > >> On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 2:39 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > I've worked on http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Tracks_Preferences > >> > FR-translation, and I've a precision to ask. > >> > > >> > In: > >> > > >> > Editing a clip can move other clips: This ensures that when cutting and > >> > pasting audio in or to the left of a clip, clips or audio to the right > >> > of the > >> > edit point can move, and the total length of the track changes > >> > accordingly. > >> > Unchecking this option pins the clips so that they can't move. Therefore > >> > if you are cutting, space will be created, and if there is insufficient > >> > space > >> > to paste, an error message will display. > >> > > >> > I'm not certain to understand: "Unchecking this option pins the clips so > >> > that they can't move. Therefore if you are cutting, space will be > >> > created, > >> > and if there is insufficient space to paste, an error message will > >> > display." > >> > Should not be "space will NOT be created" ? > >> > > >> > If not, is someone can help me in rewording that sentence ? > >> > > >> > Thanks in advance > >> > Olivier > >> > >> > >> I agree that is not clearly worded. It seems to imply that it affects > >> the behaviour of "cut" (which it does not affect). > >> > >> Perhaps it should say: > >> "Editing a clip can move other clips: This ensures that when cutting > >> and pasting audio in or to the left of a clip, clips or audio to the > >> right of the edit point can move, and the total length of the track > >> changes accordingly. > >> > >> Unchecking this option pins the clips so that they can't move. > >> Therefore if you are pasting, additional space will not be created for > >> the new clip, and if there is insufficient space to paste, an error > >> message will display." > >> > >> Perhaps it could be shortened to: > >> > >> ""Editing a clip can move other clips: This ensures that when cutting > >> and pasting audio in or to the left of a clip, clips or audio to the > >> right of the edit point can move, and the total length of the track > >> changes accordingly. Unchecking this option pins the clips so that > >> they can't move and if there is insufficient space to paste, an error > >> message will display." > >> > >> > >> > >> Steve > > > > All of this only applies if the track has been split into at least one > > separate clip, which perhaps isn't clear unless you click the link for > > "clip". > > > I don't think it's particularly clear even after reading the section on > "clip". > > Would this be better? > > "Editing a clip can move other clips: This ensures that when cutting > and pasting audio in or to the left of a clip, clips or audio to the > right of the edit point can move, and the total length of the track > changes accordingly. Unchecking this option pins the clips so that > they can't move. Therefore if you are cutting, only the clip being > edited will be affected and other clips in the track will not move. > When pasting, if there is insufficient space to paste, an error > message will display." > > > Steve
It's better but still leaves it ambiguous if anything is different when you copy and paste, or when you delete instead of cut. "Pasting audio in or to the left of a clip" reads a bit odd, because pasting audio in a clip is also a paste to the left of the other clips. It may be preferable not to mention changes in track length because track length will still change with this option on if you paste in the final clip. Here is my suggestion: "Editing a clip can move other clips: If the track has been split into more than one [[Audacity Tracks and Clips|clip]], this ensures that [[Edit_Menu#paste|pasting]] audio in or between a clip can always move the clips to right of the paste if there is not sufficient room to fit the additional audio. Unchecking this option pins clips so that they can't move in response to an edit in another clip. A cut or delete will affect the clip(s) being edited, but any clips to right of the removed audio will not be allowed to move back. When pasting, an error message will display if there is not enough room to paste without moving the clips to right of the paste. Gale > > The setting does prevent cuts and deletes from moving the following > > clips back. > > > > And pasting can be from a cut or a copy. The main confusion is that > > "cutting" in "cutting and pasting" is conflated into the cutting > > behaviour this does affect. > > > > > > > > Gale ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ridiculously easy VDI. With Citrix VDI-in-a-Box, you don't need a complex infrastructure or vast IT resources to deliver seamless, secure access to virtual desktops. With this all-in-one solution, easily deploy virtual desktops for less than the cost of PCs and save 60% on VDI infrastructure costs. Try it free! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Citrix-VDIinabox _______________________________________________ Audacity-translation mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/audacity-translation
