Scripting basics!

[m.c]

@Mr_Master

move the playline with forward / rewind and select the object under the cursor (playline) on the selected track.

Sure. I’ve given my thoughts on this one, here:

Custom Remote Manager (the behind the scenes)

Nor it could be possible. Exactly. This is because commands don’t have a value attached to them, they’re just getting triggered (OK let’s say this is value 1). Even in my more advanced scripts, I avoided such manipulations/complications, simply because we can always have the Preferences→Editing→Auto Select Events under Cursor always enabled. To my workflow it’s crucial, because this way I split, glue, cut/copy/paste etc etc. So I didn’t find a good reason not to have it enabled. But then ag…

Anyway, I’m not trying to discourage you from getting into scripting, trust me I’d be the last person in this forum to do this It’s just that I wouldn’t want you to spend precious time, only to find out later that it was not needed.