Bug 1354 – Undo item missing when importing MIDI (only) via list-of-files

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Audacity 3.0.3 development began 19th April 2021

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Bug 1354 - Undo item missing when importing MIDI (only) via list-of-files


Summary:	Undo item missing when importing MIDI (only) via list-of-files

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Product:	Audacity
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Formats
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	Per OS Other

Importance:	P4 Repeatable
Assigned To:	Default Assignee for New Bugs

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Reported:	2016-03-10 18:05 UTC by Paul L
Modified:	2018-08-20 11:51 UTC (History)
CC List:	5 users (show)

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Steps To Reproduce:	Obtain a .midi file, suppose it's called foo.midi Make foo.lof whose sole line is file "foo.midi" New project, import audio, choose "list of files" for type, choose foo.midi. Result is that data are imported, but there is no Undo item for it, as there would be if importing other audio via .lof file.
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Closed:	2018-08-20 00:00:00

Flags:	petersampsonaudacity: Test‑OK‑Win+ petersampsonaudacity: Test‑OK‑Mac+

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Description Paul L 2016-03-10 18:05:42 UTC

Comment 1 Paul L 2016-03-14 11:04:55 UTC

Fixed at https://github.com/audacity/audacity/commit/4cf9e0e6d6612ec164c5c519f2e41fa17e914dcb

Comment 2 Peter Sampson 2018-04-22 06:47:11 UTC

(In reply to Paul L from comment #1)
Testing on W10 with audacity-2.3.0-alpha-16-b71b8055344c4c80b547cbd92a83c21d399fe0bc

After struggling to learn how to make LOF files work for import (they don't seem to want to import audio or Midi files that are on the Desktop - but work fine from within the Audacity folder) ...

this now works properly on Windows with an entry being placed on the History stack.

Comment 3 Peter Sampson 2018-04-22 07:33:35 UTC

Tesed on macOS 10.13.4 with latest mac nightly  audacity-macos-nightly-2.3.0-69eba8f.dmg - 28.47 MB | version: 2.3.0--16Apr18

Also works properly on Mac with an entry being placed on the History stack.

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But I really struggled trying to create a .lof file on the Mac.  Using the Text Editor Mac only seems to let you have the file extension that it deems appropriate for your type of file save.  I ended up by making the .lof file on my W10 laptop and copying it across s on a USB stick to the Mac - and it worked fine like that.

But how on earth a Mac user with no access to a PC gets to create a .lof file is beyond me :-//