Slate live graphics performance instrument.  SlateHelp.txt for version 0.5.0.  

Copyright 2012 - Adobe Systems, Incorporated.  - Unpublished proprietary technology:  Do not disclose.  

Author: David Tristram, Adobe Systems, Incorporated.  tristram@adobe.com

Desktop App:

play some music
set tempo by tapping grave accent key at least four times
click and drag in window to create strokes

selection works like in a text editor.  There is an insertion cursor which is positioned after the most recently added stroke.  There is a selection anchor like in emacs.  Move the selection cursor with the left and right arrow keys.  The anchor moves with the cursor unless the shift key is held down.  Everything between the cursor and the anchor is selected.  

most of the commands act on the selection.  If there is no selection, nothing happens except for delete, which deletes the stroke before the cursor, or after it if the cursor is at the beginning of the stroke list.  

repeat rate:   inc/dec with left and right square bracket
speed: 		inc/dec with left and right curly brace
decay:				inc/dec with control-shift left and right square bracket
evo rate:			inc/dev with control left and right square bracket

select all strokes with cmd A
reset stroke parameters with cmd R
change colors for new strokes with cmd N
go back in color list with shift-cmd N
fullscreen with cmd F, back with shift-cmd F

Mobile App:

in draw (default startup) mode:
drag finger on screen to create strokes
delete all strokes with back key, or
delete all strokes with two-finger swipe left

enter edit mode with menu key, or
enter edit mode with two-fingered tap

in edit mode:
repeat rate:	inc/dec with single finger swipe up/down
decay: 			inc/dec with two-finger swipe up/down
change colors for new strokes:	single finger tap

go to tempo tap mode from edit mode by single finger swipe right, that's your first tap, continue tapping to set tempo.  wait two seconds to return to edit mode.

go to draw mode from edit mode by single finger swipe left, or delete all strokes.  

Client vs. Server Apps

There is a desktop server app which draw anything that is drawn on a client app on the same local net.  There is no mobile server app.