Generate silence in new project is not impossible

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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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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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