[MONOTONE] Note cut

[Jim Leonard]

andrew / diffusion records wrote:
> note cut would be great... you can (sort of) emulate it now but as someone
> else said, it's a pain

I'll make it the first effect to be implemented when I start v2 of the 
file format then.

> i'm not sure if there's a real point in exactly mimicking PT/ST3/IT
> commands? the speaker is kind of a different beast than a sample-based
> tracker anyhow, i don't think that the user having to learn a few new
> commands is really that much of a problem?

This is a good point, but monotone supports sound devices other than the 
PC Speaker (not yet, but adding them will be trivial when I hook the XT 
back up again).  So *limiting* monotone to the speaker would do the rest 
of the devices a disservice.  Why this slight change in making sure 
other devices are supported?  Because I've gotten about 10 emails asking 
when it will be released because "I'm working on embedded device 
so-and-so" or "I am programming a microcontroller and need something to 
make simple music in" etc. and all of these devices are multi-channel.

As for PT-compatible, it's the same reason I had to make MTCONFIG -- 
because no one person I talked to could agree on what they wanted :-) 
Interface *and* commands were split almost 50/50 between PT/FT2 and 
ST3/IT.  Choosing one over the other satisfies 50% of the people. 
Choosing MY OWN over either of those satisfies 0% of the people...

It is possible to build two translation tables so that PT effects 
display/enter as ST3 effects, but that is very low on my to-do list at 
the moment.

> btw speaking of mtconfig, please add an option so that you can just override
> one specific key without having to re-type every existing binding :> (maybe
> just have "enter" or something indicate to use the existing key) 

I can do that, sure.  I think nobody will want to remap "enter" so as 
you suggested I'll use that.
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