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Updated preference tabs plugins and GUI

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Joe Kokosa 2015-05-30 14:35:31 -04:00 committed by Paul Davis
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_manual/21_preferences-and-session-properties/01_preferences-dialog/10_plugins.html
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---
<p>
This tab contains settings that do not belong on the other tabs.
This tab contains settings that control the discovery and availability of
plugins.
</p>
<img src="/files/a4/a4_preferences_plugins.png" alt="preferences
@ -19,17 +20,22 @@ plugins tab"/>
<ul>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Scan for Plugins</strong>
<strong>Scan for Plugins</strong> will initiate an immediate scan of
the system for available plugins.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Allow Display Plugin Scan Progress</strong>
<strong>Always Display Plugin Scan Progress</strong> When enabled a
popup window showing plugin scan progress is displayed for indexing
(cache load) and discovery (detect new plugins).
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Scan Time Out</strong>
<strong>Scan Time Out</strong> Specify the default timeout for plugin
instantiation in 1/10 seconds. Plugins that require more time to load
will be blacklisted. A value of 0 disables the timeout.
</p>
</li>
</ul>
@ -42,22 +48,28 @@ plugins tab"/>
<ul>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Clear VST Cache</strong>
<strong>Clear VST Cache</strong> Remove all VST plugins from the list
of plugins available to be inserted into the processor box.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Clear VST Blacklist</strong>
<strong>Clear VST Blacklist</strong> Make blacklisted VST plugins
available to be added to the processor box.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Scan for [new] VST Plugins on Application Start</strong>
<strong>Scan for [new] VST Plugins on Application Start</strong> When
enabled new VST plugins are searched, tested and added to the cache
index on application start. When disabled new plugins will only be
available after triggering a 'Scan' manually.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Linux VST Path:</strong>
<strong>Linux VST Path:</strong> Launch a dialog to manage the
directories that will be searched for Linux VST plugins.
</p>
</li>
</ul>

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@ -20,64 +20,47 @@ gui tab"/>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Use name highlight bars in region display</strong>
<strong>Use name highlight bars in region display</strong> When enabled the
region name is displayed, in the editor, in it's own bar at the bottom of
the region. When disabled, the region name is display at the top of the
region, possibly over audio waveforms or MIDI notes.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Font scaling</strong>
<strong>Font scaling</strong> allows the display size of some text in the
user interface to be scaled up or down. May require a restart to take
affect.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Update transport clock display at FPS</strong>
<strong>Update transport clock display at FPS</strong> when enabled the transport clock
will update at the synchronization framerate instead of the default 100&nbsp;ms rate.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Lock timeout</strong>
<strong>Lock timeout</strong> Lock GUI after this many idle seconds (zero to never
lock). GUI may also be locked with <kbd class="menu">Session &gt; Lock</kbd>. When
locked a dialog will display a &quot;Click to unlock&quot; button.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Mixer Strip</strong>
<strong>Mixer Strip</strong> Enable (checked) or disable (unchecked) display of
controls in the mixer strip. Controls whose display can be toggled are
<strong>Input</strong>, <strong>Phase&nbsp;Invert</strong>,
<strong>Record&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Monitor</strong>, <strong>Solo&nbsp;Iso/Lock</strong>,
<strong>Output</strong>, and <strong>Comments</strong>.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Use narrow strips in the mixer by default</strong> When enabled, new mixer
strips are created in narrow format. When disabled, they are created in wide format.
Existing mixer strips width can be toggled with the width control at the top left of
the mixer stip.
</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Input</strong>
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Phase Invert</strong>
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Record &amp; Monitor</strong>
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Solo Iso/Lock</strong>
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Output</strong>
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Comments</strong>
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Use narrow strips in the mixer by default</strong>
</p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>