Re: [LAU] yoshimi, zyn and Ardour

On Sep 18, 2016 06:00, jonetsu@teksavvy.com wrote:
>
> On Sun, 18 Sep 2016 10:04:59 +0100
> Will Godfrey <willgodfrey@musically.me.uk> wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 17 Sep 2016 20:01:57 -1000
> > david <gnome@hawaii.rr.com> wrote:
>
> > > I like the multiple windows. It's a very Linux way of doing things.
> > > I hate trying to crowd everything into one window where I can't see
> > > two different windows of the UI at the same time.
>
> > This is also my preference for almost everything. With most apps I
> > keep the 'home' window pinned for all screens and spread the others
> > across all four. It makes for a very uncluttered workplace with no
> > distractions and everything in context.
>
> I use Linux for both work code development and at home for years and do
> not have a single application that has multiple windows, with main
> windows to be pinned down while others are opened.  Libreoffice has an
> option for a floating navigation window but then it can also be
> incorporated into the main window.
>
> Of course, I use multiple desktops.  I use them since maybe 15 years
> now.  One console has the email client, another one has Mixbus 32C.  A
> synth in Mixbus will be moved to its own desktop so that it's easy to
> switch between the synth and the DAW.  Renoise will be on its own
> desktop, Bitwig also, so on so forth.
>
> So I do not see what your "almost everything" would be.
>
> > Whoever thought that a tabbed
> > filer window was a good idea can't make much use of them :(
>
> The tabbed options in Zebra2, for one, are certainly very useful and
> easy to access.

Except that you cannot see the contents of 2 different tabs simultaneously.

David W. Jones
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Received on Mon Sep 19 00:15:01 2016