[ubuntu-studio-devel] New ubuntustudio-controls

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Fri, 4 Sep 2015 19:52:07 -0700 (PDT), Len Ovens wrote:
>On Fri, 4 Sep 2015, Kaj Ailomaa wrote:
>
>> The gui will be important for the largest amount of users, so I can
>> not see -controls without one.
>> But, of course, we could have command line options as well, or have a
>> separate command line tool with access to the same functions as the
>> -controls application.
>
>The commandline option is already available. At least for those who
>wish to learn. Those who want to learn more about their system will
>likely customize it to their wants with their own scripts. The GUI is
>for those who want to start creating from first boot.

You can provide both, the easy experience in combination with learning
by doing. The mechanism should be something similar to visudo, quasi
viubuntustudio-control, then add a launcher and an explanation to the
default file.

Instead of viubuntustudio-control I used pluma and nano for my examples:

[weremouse at moonstudio ~]$ cat /usr/share/applications/ubuntustudio-controls2.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
StartupNotify=false
Terminal=false
Exec=roxterm --maximize -T "sudo pluma /etc/security/limits.d/audio.conf" -e sudo pluma /etc/security/limits.d/audio.conf
Icon=ubuntustudio-logo
Name=Ubuntu Studio Controls 2 - sudo pluma /etc/security/limits.d/audio.conf
Categories=System;Documentation;


[weremouse at moonstudio ~]$ cat /usr/share/applications/ubuntustudio-controls3.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
StartupNotify=false
Terminal=false
Exec=roxterm --maximize -T "sudo nano /etc/security/limits.d/audio.conf" -e sudo nano /etc/security/limits.d/audio.conf
Icon=ubuntustudio-logo
Name=Ubuntu Studio Controls 3 - sudo nano /etc/security/limits.d/audio.conf
Categories=System;Documentation;


[weremouse at moonstudio ~]$ cat /etc/security/limits.d/audio.conf
# Changes to this file will be preserved.
#
# If you want to enable/disable realtime permissions, do not run
#
#    dpkg-reconfigure -p high jackd
#
# See http://jackaudio.org/faq/linux_rt_config.html.
#
# Lines that start with a # are commented out. This means blah blah ...
# We named the group "audio", but you can chose any name for the group,
# e.g. "realtime".
# The FAQ already mention that nice values are complete nonsense, so
# it's wise to remove even a commented out entry.
# To lower the rtprio is similar absurd. It's said that very seldom it
# might prevent a weak computer against getting unresponsive, but
# usually this never happens. Blah blah ...
# 
# Blah blah ...
#
# You should keep the Ubuntu Studio default settings:
#
#     @audio   -  rtprio     99
#     @audio   -  memlock    unlimited

@audio   -  rtprio     99
@audio   -  memlock    unlimited

As default editor I'm against vi(m), even the help of nano might be
confusing for newbies. I anyway recommend usage of nano.

[weremouse at moonstudio ~]$ printf "$EDITOR \n---\n"; grep EDITOR .bashrc 
nano 
---
export EDITOR="nano"

Roxterm could be replaced by xfce4-terminal, but I strongly discourage
to stay with xfce4-terminal as the default terminal.

Newbies are more likely willing to use a terminal, if it's as easy
usable and as convenient as an Internet browser.

If you resize the Roxterm window, the line breaks automatically get
fixed.
You can use Ctrl++, Ctrl+- and Ctrl+0 to zoom, as you do for a web
browser.

A desktop shortcut Ctrl+Alt+T is useful, it's corresponding to the
default ROXterm shortcut and could be mentioned by the menu name.
Perhaps changing it to Ctrl+T, the common web browser default, could be
considered.

For openbox it would be

[weremouse at moonstudio ~]$ grep -B2 -A2 rox .config/openbox/rc.xml 
    <keybind key="C-A-t">
      <action name="Execute">
        <command>roxterm --maximize --tab</command>
      </action>
    </keybind>

Xfwm/Xfce likely provide this feature too.

I added a menu entry "Actions" providing desktop shortcuts.

Regards,
Ralf