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On Dec 14, 2012, at 10:10 AM, Markus Hitter wrote:

> Clearly, requiring manual track tagging isn't helpful.

Consider that manual tagging is the simplest, least confusing, and most predictable option. It should therefore be the model for the primitive operation.

Now, of course, a tool that supports design automation should support "scripting" of shortcuts based on primitive objects and operations. Leaky heuristics may be acceptable as high-level operations if the user has solid primitives to fall back on. But attempting to use leaky heuristics as a foundation gives the user neither a conceptual foundation for understanding what the tool does, nor the capacity to override unwanted behavior. Especially when learning the tool, the user needs manual control over what's going on.

John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
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