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7 <section id="sn-formatting-conventions">
8 <title>Formatting Conventions</title>
9 <section id="typography">
10 <title>Typography</title>
12 This manual uses a few conventions to indicate key commands, menu
13 choices and other user interactions:
17 Key commands such as <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>a</keycap>
18 </keycombo> mean "Hold down the Ctrl key and press the 'a' key".
22 The names of on-screen buttons are shown like this
23 <guibutton>Button</guibutton>
27 The name of a menu item is shown like <guimenuitem>This</guimenuitem>,
28 and nested menu items will appear as <menuchoice>
29 <guimenu>Menu</guimenu> <guisubmenu>Sub Menu</guisubmenu>
34 <section id="admonitions">
35 <title>Admonitions</title>
37 Admonitions are set apart from the main text and are meant to draw
38 your attention to pieces of information. In the order of how critical
39 the information is to you, these items are marked as follows:
45 A note is typically information that you need to understand the
49 <tip><title>Tip</title>
51 A tip is typically an alternative way of performing a task.
55 <title>Important</title>
57 The important admonition is used to draw attention to parts of the
58 interface that may be overlooked or certain settings that are vital
59 in determining the behaviour of ardour.
64 <title>Warning</title>
66 The warning admonition is used where an action may result in
67 consequences that are unintended or permanent such as changes to the
68 session that can not be undone or the removal of files.
73 <section id="mouse-buttons">
74 <title>Mouse Buttons</title>
76 You might be used to terms like "right mouse button", "left mouse
77 button" etc. These are widely used, but they can be very confusing for
78 left-handed people, or people using mice with many buttons arranged in
79 an unconventional way. Ardour is typically used with mice equipped
80 with at least 3 buttons that can be remapped for left- and
81 right-handed users, making it hard to unambiguously define "left" and
82 "right" in a useful way.
86 If you are right-handed and use a conventional mouse, then
87 <mousebutton>Button1</mousebutton> corresponds to "left mouse button",
88 <mousebutton>Button2</mousebutton> to "middle mouse button" and
89 <mousebutton>Button3</mousebutton> to "right mouse button". Otherwise,
90 the numbered button nomenclature refers to the same button numbers as
91 defined by your X Window configuration.
95 If you see instructions to use <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap>
96 <mousebutton>Button1</mousebutton> </keycombo> , it means "Hold down
97 the <keycap>Ctrl</keycap> key and click
98 <mousebutton>Button1</mousebutton> ".
102 <section id="select-choose">
103 <title>Select/Choose</title>
105 In conventional English, "select" and "choose" are often used as
106 synonyms. In this manual, we use them to mean quite different things:
115 When you select something, it will stay selected. Putting a
116 check-mark in a box, for example, would be referred to as
117 "selecting" that box. This is also true for menu items that
118 enable or disable options ("select Big Clock from the Windows
119 menu", for example) and various editing functions.
128 "Choosing" involves clicking or using the keyboard to accomplish
129 a one-time action. A command to save the current session might
130 be described as, "Choose Save from the Session menu.
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