Merge pull request #1115 from LMMS/stable-1.1

sync

src/core/config_mgr.cpp

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * config_mgr.cpp - implementation of class configManager
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2005-2011 Tobias Doerffel <tobydox/at/users.sourceforge.net>
+ * Copyright (c) 2005-2014 Tobias Doerffel <tobydox/at/users.sourceforge.net>
  *
  * This file is part of Linux MultiMedia Studio - http://lmms.sourceforge.net
  *
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ void configManager::loadConfigFile()
 		#endif
 			setBackgroundArtwork( value( "paths", "backgroundartwork" ) );
 		}
-		else
+		else if( QApplication::type() == QApplication::GuiClient )
 		{
 			QMessageBox::warning( NULL, MainWindow::tr( "Configuration file" ),
 									MainWindow::tr( "Error while parsing configuration file at line %1:%2: %3" ).
@@ -372,19 +372,18 @@ void configManager::loadConfigFile()
 	QDir::setSearchPaths( "resources", QStringList() << artworkDir()
 						<< defaultArtworkDir() );
 
-	if( !QDir( m_workingDir ).exists() )
-	{
-		if( QMessageBox::question( 0,
+	if( !QDir( m_workingDir ).exists() &&
+		QApplication::type() == QApplication::GuiClient &&
+		QMessageBox::question( 0,
 			MainWindow::tr( "Working directory" ),
 			MainWindow::tr( "The LMMS working directory %1 does not "
 				"exist. Create it now? You can change the directory "
 				"later via Edit -> Settings." ).arg( m_workingDir ),
-					QMessageBox::Yes, QMessageBox::No ) ==
-								QMessageBox::Yes )
-		{
-			QDir().mkpath( m_workingDir );
-		}
+					QMessageBox::Yes, QMessageBox::No ) == QMessageBox::Yes )
+	{
+		QDir().mkpath( m_workingDir );
 	}
+
 	if( QDir( m_workingDir ).exists() )
 	{
 		QDir().mkpath( userProjectsDir() );

src/gui/PianoRoll.cpp

@@ -468,8 +468,6 @@ PianoRoll::PianoRoll() :
 		tr( "Click here and the notes from the clipboard will be "
 			"pasted at the first visible measure." ) );
 
-
-
 	QLabel * zoom_lbl = new QLabel( m_toolBar );
 	zoom_lbl->setPixmap( embed::getIconPixmap( "zoom" ) );
 
@@ -620,6 +618,71 @@ PianoRoll::PianoRoll() :
 	tb_layout->addSpacing( 4 );
 	tb_layout->addWidget( m_chordComboBox );
 	tb_layout->addStretch();
+	
+        m_zoomingComboBox->setWhatsThis( tr( 
+		"This controls the magnification over time. " 
+		"It can be useful choose a magnification for a specific task. "
+		"For ordinary editing, the magnification should be fitted to your "
+		"smallest used notes. "
+		"Most will use the default magnification of 100%, "
+		"when the shortest notes are 1/16. "
+		"If you have used shorter notes, your editing will be easier, "
+		"with a magnification of 200%, or more. "
+		"You should use low magnification, if you need to move a block "
+		"of notes many bars, or just to get an overview of the score."
+	) );
+	
+	m_quantizeComboBox->setWhatsThis( tr(
+		"This 'Q' stands for quantification, and controls the minimum spacing "
+		"between notes. " 
+		"In piano-roll this is very important, when you make syncopated patterns, " 
+		"and an absolute must, for swing-notes! " 
+		"Observe that the score segmentation also changes, depending on the selected Q. "
+		"You should not use a Q-value that does not fit your chosen time-signature! " 
+		"The default value is 1/16, and that fits the default 4/4 timing. " 
+		"A Q of 1/16 will also work well in most editing."
+	) );	
+	
+	m_noteLenComboBox->setWhatsThis( tr(
+		"This lets you select the note you place in the score. " 
+		"In most circumstances the best choice is 'Last Note'." 
+		"The choice 'Last Note' means that LMMS will use the note you last clicked, " 
+		"when you place the next note. " 
+		"But you can choose any note-length from this drop-down, " 
+		"and your choice will be the note, that you can draw in the score."
+	) );			
+	
+	m_scaleComboBox->setWhatsThis( tr(			
+		"This lets you select a music scale that LMMS then will annotate. "
+		"The feature is directly connected to the context-menu "
+		"on the virtual keyboard, to the left. "
+		"First you chose which scale you will use. "
+		"You do that in this very dropdown! "
+		"Then you choose the key of your composition. "
+		"Right mouse click on the selected key in the virtual keyboard, "
+		"and then choose 'Mark current Scale' "
+		"LMMS will annotate all notes that belongs to the chosen scale, "
+		"and in the key you have selected! "
+		"LMMS will not only annotate in the score you have open, "
+		"but all scores in your project, will be correctly annotated. "
+		"This will help you avoid using bum-notes, as you compose. "
+		"You should know about principle scales in music. "
+		"Search the net, if you do not! "
+	) );
+	
+	m_chordComboBox->setWhatsThis( tr(
+		"This lets you select a standard music chord. " 
+		"All notes that are played simultaneous, are 'chords'," 
+		"but a large number of simultaneous key combinations, has own names, " 
+		"and its own place in music. " 
+		"They are standard chords, and it is these chords, " 
+		"you can find in this drop-down. " 
+		"After you have selected a chord, any click in the score, " 
+		"will place that chord, musically correctly, " 
+		"and with the Left mouse clicked note, as the root-note in the chord! " 
+		"To return to single note placement, you need to choose 'No chord' " 
+		"in this drop-down!"
+	) );
 
 	// setup our actual window
 	setFocusPolicy( Qt::StrongFocus );

src/gui/dialogs/FileDialog.cpp

@@ -64,6 +64,14 @@ FileDialog::FileDialog( QWidget *parent, const QString &caption,
 #endif
 	urls << QUrl::fromLocalFile( configManager::inst()->workingDir() );
 
+	// Add `/Volumes` directory on OS X systems, this allows the user to browse
+	// external disk drives.
+#ifdef LMMS_BUILD_APPLE
+	QDir volumesDir( QDir("/Volumes") );
+	if ( volumesDir.exists() )
+		urls << QUrl::fromLocalFile( volumesDir.absolutePath() );
+#endif
+
 	setSidebarUrls(urls);
 }