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+- The Plugin Selector serves two purposes. Primarily it is used to - control the display status of plugins. It can also be used to find and insert - plugins into the Processor Box. It is - displayed either by a double-click in the Processor Box or by - choosing New Plugin > Plugin Selector… - from the Processor Box context menu. + The Plugin Manager ... FIXME
- Displayed for each plugin is the status (favorite, hidden), - name, tags, creator (author), type, and the number of audio and MIDI - connections. The plugins can be sorted by clicking on a column header. + FIXME
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+- Clicking on a Fav(orite) or Hide radio button changes - a plugin's display status. - Clicking on an already selected radio button will cancel it, returning the - plugin to the normal display status. Plugins marked as a favorite show up in - the Processor Box context menu under - New Plugin > Favorites and in the - Favorite Plugins window. Setting the hide - radio button on a plugin will keep the plugin from showing in the - Processor Box context menus - New Plugin > By Creator or - New Plugin > By Category. + FIXME TABLE CULUMNS: Status, Ign, Fav, Hide, Type, File/ID, Name, Creator, Tags
-- The bottom left part of the Plugin Selector is used to filter the listed - plugins. -
-- The center Filter column allows to show only some of the plugins, based - on what they are, their properties, format, creator... -
-- Moreover, direct text search are available in the the Search text-field - on the bottom left. Only the plugins that match all the search terms - (space separated) will show up in the upper list. -
-- This textual search can be matched against Name and/or Tags by checking - the relevant momentary buttons under the search field. - Ignore Filters when searching displays all the matching - plugins, regardless of the active Filters. + FIXME
-- Tags are text labels that can be used to mark a plugin. They are totally - free in their content, allowing the user to mark a plugin with whatever - info is relevant to him, but cannot include spaces (as spaces are used - to separate tags) or special characters except dashes, colons and underscores. -
-- Adding or removing tags is as simple as editing the Tags for Selected Plugin - field while the targeted plugin is selected. -
-- Ardour comes with a large selection of tags for provided or usual plugins, - that are used by default but can be modified at will. It is possible to - go back to this "standard" tagging for a plugin by clicking the - Reset button. + FIXME
-- The bottom-right part of the Plugin Selector Plugins to be connected - shows plugins that have been selected for insertion into the - Processor Box. A plugin can be added by either double clicking - the plugin entry in the top part, or, if already selected in top left part, - by clicking the Add button. -
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- Plugins can be removed from the right part with a double click, or, if - already selected, by clicking Remove. + FIXME
diff --git a/include/plugin-selector.html b/include/plugin-selector.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..4efe28a5 --- /dev/null +++ b/include/plugin-selector.html @@ -0,0 +1,93 @@ + ++ The Plugin Selector serves two purposes. Primarily it is used to + control the display status of plugins. It can also be used to find and insert + plugins into the Processor Box. It is + displayed either by a double-click in the Processor Box or by + choosing New Plugin > Plugin Selector… + from the Processor Box context menu. +
+ ++ Displayed for each plugin is the status (favorite, hidden), + name, tags, creator (author), type, and the number of audio and MIDI + connections. The plugins can be sorted by clicking on a column header. +
+ +
++ Clicking on a Fav(orite) or Hide radio button changes + a plugin's display status. + Clicking on an already selected radio button will cancel it, returning the + plugin to the normal display status. Plugins marked as a favorite show up in + the Processor Box context menu under + New Plugin > Favorites and in the + Favorite Plugins window. Setting the hide + radio button on a plugin will keep the plugin from showing in the + Processor Box context menus + New Plugin > By Creator or + New Plugin > By Category. +
+ ++ The bottom left part of the Plugin Selector is used to filter the listed + plugins. +
++ The center Filter column allows to show only some of the plugins, based + on what they are, their properties, format, creator... +
++ Moreover, direct text search are available in the the Search text-field + on the bottom left. Only the plugins that match all the search terms + (space separated) will show up in the upper list. +
++ This textual search can be matched against Name and/or Tags by checking + the relevant momentary buttons under the search field. + Ignore Filters when searching displays all the matching + plugins, regardless of the active Filters. +
+ ++ Tags are text labels that can be used to mark a plugin. They are totally + free in their content, allowing the user to mark a plugin with whatever + info is relevant to him, but cannot include spaces (as spaces are used + to separate tags) or special characters except dashes, colons and underscores. +
++ Adding or removing tags is as simple as editing the Tags for Selected Plugin + field while the targeted plugin is selected. +
++ Ardour comes with a large selection of tags for provided or usual plugins, + that are used by default but can be modified at will. It is possible to + go back to this "standard" tagging for a plugin by clicking the + Reset button. +
+ ++ The bottom-right part of the Plugin Selector Plugins to be connected + shows plugins that have been selected for insertion into the + Processor Box. A plugin can be added by either double clicking + the plugin entry in the top part, or, if already selected in top left part, + by clicking the Add button. +
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+ Plugins can be removed from the right part with a double click, or, if + already selected, by clicking Remove. +
+ diff --git a/master-doc.txt b/master-doc.txt index 888c7358..58320875 100644 --- a/master-doc.txt +++ b/master-doc.txt @@ -1675,8 +1675,16 @@ part: subchapter --- title: Plugin Selector -include: plugin-manager.html +include: plugin-selector.html link: plugin-selector +uri: working-with-plugins/plugin-selector +part: subchapter +--- + +--- +title: Plugin Manager +include: plugin-manager.html +link: plugin-manager uri: working-with-plugins/plugin-manager part: subchapter --- diff --git a/source/images/plugin-manager.png b/source/images/plugin-manager.png new file mode 100644 index 00000000..c8cc2691 Binary files /dev/null and b/source/images/plugin-manager.png differ