On Wed, 23 Dec 2015 00:05:50 -0500 (EST), Karen Lewellen wrote: >After all anyone who has ever made professional radio in the field >knows that one thing that makes programs like pro tools and Hindenburg >journalist worth the investment is keyboard control. And what has got keyboard control of those non-Linux GUI apps to do with Linux command line? Linux GUI audio tools provide keyboard control too. >I value command line work the same. I type over 80 words a minute >and cannot imagine making anything entertainment wise, music or >radio, without solid keyboard usage. For what exactly do wish to use a "friendly command line"? Command line usually is considered user-friendly, because you neither need to type fast, nor to type much. The tab-key auto-completes paths, the cursor key scroll though the history of commands, there are shortcuts such as Ctrl+L, Ctrl+D, Ctrl+C, Bash comes with Brace expansion, replace and add something from/to a command e.g. $ sudo some_long_command $ sudo !! Results in sudo some_long_command $ !! -a -b -c Results in sudo some_long_command -a -b -c $ ^_long^_very_long Results in sudo some_very_long_command -a -b -c The Arch Wikis are valid what ever distro you'll use. Keyword: readline https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Readline Keyword: aliases https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Bash#Aliases Beyond that the sensational roxterm provides window functionality non of the terminal emulations provided by desktop environments provide, e.g. something banal as re-wrapping text when resizing the window. However, GUI apps usually provide shortcuts (keyboard control) too and usually the user can assign shortcuts. I guess it's harder to buy a special keyboard that fits to a FLOSS Linux app, than to get such a keyboard for proprietary software, such a keyboard for FLOSS Linux apps most likely needs to be self-made. Perhaps keyboard stickers are good enough, something like this, http://www.ioffer.com/i/blender-keyboard-sticker-164787345. For my Atari ST's keyboard I used Letraset. For my Linux PC I don't use special keyboards. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
