Doc/commands.tex

   1 \chapter{Summary of commands}
   2
   3 \section{Altering the input state}
   4
   5 \begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|}
   6 \hline
   7 Key & Command name & Description\\
   8 \hline
   9 \kbd{L}   & Lower          & Move the insertion point one octave down\\
  10 \kbd{H}   & Higher         & Move the insertion point one octave up\\
  11 \kbd{i.}  & More Dots      & Add another dot\\
  12 \kbd{ix.} & Fewer Dots     & Remove a dot\\
  13 \kbd{i]}  & More Rbeams    & Add another beam to the right\\
  14 \kbd{ix]} & Fewer Rbeams   & Remove a beam to the right\\
  15 \kbd{i[}  & More Lbeams    & Add another beam to the left\\
  16 \kbd{ix[} & Fewer Lbeams   & Remove a beam to the left\\
  17 \kbd{ih}  & Rotate Notehead & Change the notehead \\
  18 \kbd{is}  & Rotate Stem Direction & Change the stem direction \\
  19 \hline
  20 \end{tabular}
  21
  22 \section{Moving the cursor}
  23
  24 \begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|}
  25 \hline
  26 Key             & Command name & Description\\
  27 \hline
  28 \kbd{Control-f} & Forward element & Move the cursor forward one element\\
  29 \kbd{Control-b} & Backward element & Move the cursor backward one element\\
  30 \hline
  31 \end{tabular}
  32
  33 \section{Inserting and adding notes, rests and elements}
  34
  35 \begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|}
  36 \hline
  37 Key       & Command name & Description\\
  38 \hline
  39 \kbd{c}   & Insert Note C  & Insert a new cluster having a\\
  40           &                & single note C in it\\
  41 \kbd{d}   & Insert Note D  & Insert a new cluster having a\\
  42           &                & single note D in it\\
  43 \kbd{e}   & Insert Note E  & Insert a new cluster having a\\
  44           &                & single note E in it\\
  45 \kbd{f}   & Insert Note F  & Insert a new cluster having a\\
  46           &                & single note F in it\\
  47 \kbd{g}   & Insert Note G  & Insert a new cluster having a\\
  48           &                & single note G in it\\
  49 \kbd{a}   & Insert Note A  & Insert a new cluster having a\\
  50           &                & single note A in it\\
  51 \kbd{b}   & Insert Note B  & Insert a new cluster having a\\
  52           &                & single note B in it\\
  53 \kbd{,}   & Insert Rest    & Insert a new rest element\\
  54 \kbd{|}   & Insert Barline & Insert a barline\\
  55 \kbd{SPC} & Insert Empty Cluster & Insert a new cluster with no notes\\
  56 \kbd{C}   & Add Note C     & Add the note C to the current cluster\\
  57 \kbd{D}   & Add Note D     & Add the note D to the current cluster\\
  58 \kbd{E}   & Add Note E     & Add the note E to the current cluster\\
  59 \kbd{F}   & Add Note F     & Add the note F to the current cluster\\
  60 \kbd{G}   & Add Note G     & Add the note G to the current cluster\\
  61 \kbd{A}   & Add Note A     & Add the note A to the current cluster\\
  62 \kbd{B}   & Add Note B     & Add the note B to the current cluster\\
  63 \hline
  64 \end{tabular}
  65
  66 \section{Deleting and erasing elements}
  67
  68 \begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|}
  69 \hline
  70 Key       & Command name & Description\\
  71 \kbd{Control-d} & Delete Element & Remove the element to the right\\
  72                 &                & of the cursor\\
  73 \kbd{Control-h} & Erase Element & Remove the element to the left\\
  74                 &                & of the cursor\\
  75 \hline
  76 \end{tabular}
  77
  78
  79 \section{Operations on the current element}
  80
  81 \begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|}
  82 \hline
  83 Key          & Command name & Description\\
  84 \hline
  85 \kbd{Meta-h} & Rotate Notehead & Modify the notehead\\
  86              &                 & (whole -- half -- filled --)\\
  87 \kbd{Meta-s} & Rotate Stem Direction & Modify the stem direction\\
  88              &                       & (up -- down -- auto --)\\
  89 \kbd{.}      & More Dots  & Add another dot\\
  90 \kbd{x.}     & Fewer Dots  & Remove a dot\\
  91 \kbd{]}      & More Rbeams & Add another beam to the right\\
  92 \kbd{x]}     & Fewer Rbeams & Remove a beam to the right\\
  93 \kbd{[}      & More Lbeams & Add another beam to the left\\
  94 \kbd{x[}     & Fewer Lbeams & Remove a beam to the left\\
  95 \kbd{Meta-u} & Up           & Move rest to a higher staff line\\
  96 \kbd{Meta-d} & Down         & Move rest to a lower staff line\\
  97 \hline
  98 \end{tabular}
  99
 100 \section{Operations on the current note}
 101
 102 \begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|}
 103 \hline
 104 Key          & Command name & Description\\
 105 \hline
 106 \kbd{p}      & Current Increment & Change the current note\\
 107 \kbd{n}      & Current Decrement & Change the current note\\
 108 \kbd{\#}      & Sharper      & Make the note sharper \\
 109 \kbd{@}      & Flatter      & Make the note flatter \\
 110 \kbd{Meta-u} & Up           & Increase pitch of note\\
 111 \kbd{Meta-d} & Down         & Decrease pitch of note\\
 112 \hline
 113 \end{tabular}
 114
 115 \section{Operations on layers}
 116
 117 \begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|}
 118 \hline
 119 Key          & Command name & Description\\
 120 \hline
 121              & Select Layer & Prompts for a new current lsyer\\
 122              & Rename Layer & Prompts for a layer and a new name\\
 123              & Add Layer    & Prompts for a name and an initial\\
 124              &              & staff for the new layer. The type\\
 125              &              & of the new layer is determined by\\
 126              &              & the type of the initial staff.\\
 127              & Delete Layer    & Prompts for a layer to delete\\
 128              & Rotate Staves & If they layer is displayed on \\
 129              &              & multiple staves, rotate them so\\
 130              &              & that a different one becomes the\\
 131              &              & current one.\\
 132 \hline
 133 \end{tabular}
 134
 135 \section{Operations on staves}
 136
 137 \begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|}
 138 \hline
 139 Key    & Command name & Description\\
 140 \hline
 141        & Insert Staff After  & Add a new staff after an existing one\\
 142        &                  & (prompts for the existing staff, \\
 143        &                  & for the name and the type of the new staff, \\
 144        &                  & and a clef and a line for the clef\\
 145        &                  & if type is \texttt{fiveline})\\
 146        & Insert Staff Before  & Add a new before after an existing one\\
 147        &                  & (prompts for the existing staff, \\
 148        &                  & for the name and the type of the new staff, \\
 149        &                  & and a clef and a line for the clef\\
 150        &                  & if type is \texttt{fiveline})\\
 151        & Delete Staff & Delete a staff (promts for staff to delete)\\
 152        & Rename Staff & Rename current staff (prompts for a new name)\\
 153        & Set clef & Set the clef of the current staff\\
 154        &          & (promts for name of clef and line number)\\
 155 \kbd{Meta-\#} & More Sharps & removes a flat or adds a sharp to the key signature\\
 156 \kbd{Meta-@} & More Flats & removes a sharp or adds a flat to the key signature\\
 157 \hline
 158 \end{tabular}
 159
 160 \section{Playing as MIDI}
 161
 162 \begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|}
 163 \hline
 164 Key          & Command name & Description\\
 165 \hline
 166              & Play Segment & Play the current segment\\
 167              & Play Layer & Play the current layer\\
 168 \hline
 169 \end{tabular}
 170
 171 \section{File operations and quitting}
 172
 173 \begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|}
 174 \hline
 175 Key          & Command name & Description\\
 176 \hline
 177              & Quit         & Quit {\gs}\\
 178              & Load File    & Load a {\gs} file into a new buffer\\
 179              &              & (prompts for the name of a file\\
 180              & Save Buffer As & Save the buffer into a file\\
 181              &              & (prompts for the name of a file\\
 182              & New Buffer  & Create a new buffer \\
 183              &             & (currently wipes the current buffer)\\
 184 \hline
 185 \end{tabular}
 186
 187 \section{Keyboard macros}
 188
 189 \begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|}
 190 \hline
 191 Key          & Command name         & Description\\
 192 \hline
 193 C-x (        & Start Keyboard Macro & Start recording keystrokes \\
 194              &                      & for later execution \\
 195 C-x )        & End Keyboard Macro   & Stop recording keystrokes \\
 196 C-x e        & Call Last Keyboard Macro & Execute recorded keystrokes \\
 197 \hline
 198 \end{tabular}
 199