Bc2000 (for the BCF2000 & BCR2000)

--- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, "Mark van den Berg" <markwinvdb@...> wrote:
>
> --- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, Jeff B <jeffbee42@> wrote:
> > I'm new to BCMan and I'm hoping someone from the group can help. 
> I'm running BCMan 1.5.1 on WindowsXP.  I'm in the General tab page
> within the encoder edit dialog box and within the General tab page
> there are a few knob controls, and I'm finding that editing the value
> with the mouse isn't very accurate.  I've watched Kip's getting
> started videos and in the second video he gives a tip that one can
> press control+enter and a dialog box will come up and you can type in
> the value via a text edit control.
> > 
> > Well, I have the knob control selected (the dotted box appears
> around the control) but when I hit control+enter on my keyboard
> nothing happens.  Any suggestions?
> 
> Yes: press ALT+Enter (so not CTRL+Enter)! This is mentioned in BC

Sorry!  Should I just delete those movies, seems like to many errors
on my part?

> Manager 1.5.1's manual, section 19; this section also mentions several
> other key combinations that allow you to change the value of a knob
> without using the mouse.
> 
> By the way: the mouse is more accurate if you widen the circle of
> movement.
> 
> However, I agree that these knobs with a range of 0-16383 are rather
> cumbersome for use with the mouse. I've recently had a (private)
> discussion with someone who brought up the same point. To summarize my
> answer: basically these knobs are not ideal, but replacing them with
> text edit boxes (with "spin" up/down arrows) wouldn't be ideal either,
> for several reasons: e.g. a text edit box doesn't show you the full
> range, and it only allows you to increment/decrement the value by one
> (apart from typing it of course). So I think the current setup is
> reasonable, combining the "best of both worlds" - provided you know
> how to access the dialog box, of course...

I think the current setup is best as well.

Kip