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Syntax annoyance.

Forgive me if this is blindingly obvious to some but it stumped me today. I tried several times to find a awy to load an out-of-sequence cue into the desk as I needed to skip cues as the show went wrong. Now I'm at a computer in the office I can see where I went wrong;

I was hitting [cue] 30 [load]  or {load] [Cue] 30 and never guessed I should have hit [cue] 30 and then [enter] before [load]. To me there's no logical reason to terminate the command line before I've finished what I needed to do. Why is that?

Also why do some commands insist on [delete] being the first key in the command chain and others demand it as the last?

Grr..

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    Loading a cue to the fader without hitting enter is on the list (has been for some time - sometimes the small things get que'd up).  Originally this was prohibited as a safety mechanism - so that if you had an open command line with a cue on it and pressed the load button, you didn't inadvertently change your pending cue.  We've decided you are all experienced professionals and that if you do this you can live with the results.   :-).  It is currently in the 2.0 spec.

    Regarding delete.  There are a few instances in which delete can be the last instruction.  We are removing these instances when we find them.  At all times, you should try to follow the syntax rules - as these will always work as expected:

    (Specified List) (Action) (Target)

    Record 1 (no Specified List - so all available are stored)

    1 thru 5 record 1 (1 through 5 are the specified list)

    Delete Cue 5 (no specified list)

    1 thru 5 Delete Cue 5 (1 through 5 are the specified list).

    It has been pointed out that the exception to this syntax appears to be deleting a step (in a step based effect) or an action (absolute effect) - in this instance the step/action must be entered first.  However, if you think of this, it is sort of consistent with the rule set above.    You are deleting part of the content from a larger record target.   But we will ponder that a bit more.

    Hope that helps.

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    [edited by: Anne Valentino at 8:38 AM (GMT -6) on Tue, Nov 29 2011]
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