"Programming tools" for users to let us implement some (small) features ourselves...

[sebas777]

Well... the title says it all ;-)

[Dstruct]

drunk?

[Ben Zero]

He's not drunk; it's called scripting.

Would be very nice indeed... though I would have thought it could and should wait until the app is a little more mature, i.e. more core stuff should to be finished first IMO.

Ben

[Dstruct]

Originally Posted by Ben Zero

though I would have thought it could and should wait until the app is a little more mature, i.e. more core stuff should to be finished first IMO.

that's why i asked

[Billoon]

Hey Sebas,

Could you give a few examples of features youd like to program yourself?

Check this out.

[Art Evans]

Some of the stuff I did with AutoHotKey was simply a matter of studying the Reaper project file in a text editor, then manipulating that file using said AHK. Not really that difficult. Or, one can string together more commands than Reaper's limit of three, plus using OS commands and user input, to add features to what is already there.

[sebas777]

basically I would think of it not in terms of "low level programming", but rather, more or less graphically reusing-configuring existing elements, so it would look like a Visual Basic for Audio/Midi or Reaktor for DAW design:


configuring windows to show/hide some elements, link them,
changes in size (scaling the elements),
composing menus and context menus,
changing default mouse behavior (also + modifier keys) and define areas where it could have a different set of commands.
Adding new editors or changing the existing ones.


Adding a toolbox (the good old tools) and editing the way it works.

...and using a new picture as the default splash :-)

For more features, see my other posts

[sebas777]

Another examples are more intricate keycommands:

- "paste at original position" (on another track). Needs more data.

- "go to start of selection on pressing play, but only if cycle (repeat) is on".

- keycommands, where you press one key many times, but each press has its unique set of commands (custom toggles with two or more states).

[sebas777]

and one more example:

making my own toolbox window that is opened near the cursor by a toggle keycommand...