manual/xml/closing_a_session.xml

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   6 <section id="sn-closing-a-session">
   7
   8         <title>Closing a Session</title>
   9
  10         <para>
  11                 Ardour only allows you to work on one session at a time (although
  12                 your computer may be able to run multiple instances of Ardour at one
  13                 time). This means that to work on a different session than the current
  14                 one, you will be forced to close the current session. You can either
  15         </para>
  16
  17         <itemizedlist>
  18                 <listitem>
  19                         <para>
  20                                 <menuchoice>
  21                                         <guimenu>Session</guimenu>
  22                                         <guisubmenu>Close</guisubmenu>
  23                                 </menuchoice>
  24                                 will close the current session.
  25                         </para>
  26                 </listitem>
  27                 <listitem>
  28                         <para>
  29                                 <menuchoice>
  30                                         <guimenu>Session</guimenu>
  31                                         <guisubmenu>Open</guisubmenu>
  32                                 </menuchoice>
  33                                 will prompt you for the name of a session to work on, and will then close the current session.
  34                         </para>
  35                 </listitem>
  36                 <listitem>
  37                         <para>
  38                                 <menuchoice>
  39                                         <guimenu>Session</guimenu>
  40                                         <guisubmenu>New</guisubmenu>
  41                                 </menuchoice>
  42                                 will open the New Session dialog
  43                                 to collect configuration information for the new session, and will then
  44                                 close the current session.
  45                         </para>
  46                 </listitem>
  47         </itemizedlist>
  48
  49         <para>
  50                 Whenever a session is closed but has been modified since last saved,
  51                 the Save dialog will appear.
  52         </para>
  53
  54         <mediaobject>
  55                 <imageobject>
  56                         <imagedata fileref="images/save_session_dialog.png"/>
  57                 </imageobject>
  58         </mediaobject>
  59
  60         <para>
  61                 You have three options when this dialog appears:
  62         </para>
  63
  64         <orderedlist>
  65                 <listitem>
  66                         <para>
  67                                 Save the session before closing it
  68                         </para>
  69                 </listitem>
  70                 <listitem>
  71                         <para>
  72                                 Close the session without saving it
  73                         </para>
  74                 </listitem>
  75                 <listitem>
  76                         <para>
  77                                 Do not close the session
  78                         </para>
  79                 </listitem>
  80         </orderedlist>
  81
  82         <note>
  83                 <para>
  84                         If you choose the final option, whatever operation initiated the
  85                         closing of the session will be stopped. For example, if you were
  86                         loading a new session while working on an existing one, no new session
  87                         will be loaded.
  88                 </para>
  89         </note>
  90
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  95
  96 </section>