Chapter 5. Key bindings
Many of the common operations can be carried out using keystrokes rather than using the menus. Indeed this is the best way to operate the program once you are used to it.
Default keybindings
Table 5-1. Default keybindings for play actions
| Return | Start or continue playing |
| P | Pause playing |
| Space | Stop playing or recording |
| Keypad Add | Start recording |
| Keypad Subtract | Stop recording while continuing play |
Table 5-2. Default keybindings for file operations
| F3 | Open a file |
| Control-S | Save the current file |
| Control-W | Close the current song |
| Control-Q | Quit Melys |