Hi all. I’m just wondering if keyboard shorcuts can be created for custom Playing Techniques e.g. can I assign Alt + S to enter my customised “Saxes” playing techniques text entry? Is this sort of thing possible with Dorico?

For completeness: you can also assign shortcuts to scripts, you don’t have to use the jump bar. Edit: not sure about this anymore. I thought I was able to do it on another computer but will research it deeper.

[image] meixner: Re 3rd party app: there is none involved: this script functionality is inside Dorico, using the Lua language. It‘s just not documented officially. Sorry, I wasn’t clear. I understand that the script functionality is native Dorico, but it seems that a script can only be assign…

[image] klafkid: you can also assign shortcuts to scripts, you don’t have to use the jump bar. [image] asherber: Assigning to a key command seems to require a 3rd party app The scripts don’t appear (unfortunately) in the Key Commands, but on MacOS you can assign shortcuts to every sing…

Maybe that’s what I did…. I don’t remember… thanks!

Maybe this can give some additional insight in the (current) possibilities: [image] Shortcuts and Scripting | Discover Dorico In this session, we'll look at how to use and edit shortcuts, jump bar alias and for super power users how to use ConsoleTools for scripting the Properties p... …

There are libraries for ConsoleTools available for work with Dynamics as well as Playing Techniques: [image] Streamline Working With Dynamics With a Lua Library for ConsoleTools Dorico As part of the release of three new scripting libraries for the ConsoleTools Lua framewo…

[image] meixner: [image] asherber: For example, if you’ve got a 5/8 piece that goes back and forth between 3+2 and 2+3, it’s nice to have a shortcut key to avoid Shift+M, ([2+3]/8) You could make yourself two scripts by recording them, then name them to your liking and then call them from…

Alt+click works for this too. You can replace all the “other way” meters one at a time without having to select.

That‘s right. Sometimes I find it helpful to do an ad hoc macro for things that are more convoluted and therefore not easily click-reproducable (for example reformatting some unusual tuplets or the like) In the case at hand it is maybe overkill, you are right.

Hi @Alexander_Ploetz I read in a post from Daniel S that Dorico’s scripting going forward was specifically not going to be lua. Do you have any insight into whether lua will remain supported, regardless of what Dorico finally settles on going forward?

Keyboard shortcuts for playing technique text?

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Alexander_Ploetz October 13, 2024, 11:20pm 57

There are libraries for ConsoleTools available for work with Dynamics as well as Playing Techniques: