asweigart / asweigart/pyaudacity

Generate silence in new project is not impossible

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Description

The `__init__.py` file has an incorrect comment:

```
# TODO - Bring up to the Audacity team that there's no way for the macros to just move the cursor to a timestamp in the project because there's no menu item for this. But there's literally no way to start a new project and create, like, a 1-second silence.
```

To create a 1-second silence in a new project:

1. `NewMonoTrack:` or `NewStereoTrack:`
2. `SelectTime: Start=0 End=1`
3. `Silence:`

More generally, use `SelectTime` to move the cursor position.

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Research direction

Open __init__.py and locate the TODO comment about creating silence in a new project. Confirm the documented macro sequence—NewMonoTrack: or NewStereoTrack:, SelectTime: Start=0 End=1, then Silence:—and update the comment to explain that SelectTime can move the cursor position. Done means the comment no longer claims this is impossible.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
Under an hour
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
75/100

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