86 lines
2.3 KiB
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86 lines
2.3 KiB
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<?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?>
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<!DOCTYPE section PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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]>
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<section id="sn-closing-a-session">
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<title>Closing a Session</title>
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<para>
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Ardour only allows you to work on one session at a time (although your
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computer may be able to run multiple instances of Ardour at one time).
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This means that to work on a different session than the current one, you
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will be forced to close the current session. You can either
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</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<menuchoice> <guimenu>Session</guimenu>
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<guisubmenu>Close</guisubmenu> </menuchoice> will close the current
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session.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<menuchoice> <guimenu>Session</guimenu>
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<guisubmenu>Open</guisubmenu> </menuchoice> will prompt you for the
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name of a session to work on, and will then close the current
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session.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<menuchoice> <guimenu>Session</guimenu> <guisubmenu>New</guisubmenu>
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</menuchoice> will open the New Session dialog to collect
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configuration information for the new session, and will then close
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the current session.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>
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Whenever a session is closed but has been modified since last saved, the
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Save dialog will appear.
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</para>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="images/save_session_dialog.png"/>
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</imageobject>
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</mediaobject>
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<para>
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You have three options when this dialog appears:
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</para>
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<orderedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Save the session before closing it
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Close the session without saving it
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Do not close the session
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</orderedlist>
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<note>
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<para>
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If you choose the final option, whatever operation initiated the
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closing of the session will be stopped. For example, if you were
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loading a new session while working on an existing one, no new session
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will be loaded.
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</para>
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</note>
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<!--
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<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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href="Some_Subsection.xml" />
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-->
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</section>
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