On Fri, Jul 25, 2003 at 07:15:34PM +0200, I. Oppenheim wrote: > > > So the bottom line is: it would be nice if both "!" > > > and "*" could be used to notate a staffbreak. The > > > people who do not use !...! won't be bothered by it, > > > and the people who use decorations will have an easier > > > time. > > > > We're into the territory of defining new stuff here. As I said before, I > > suggest it may be preferrable to invent *decoration* instead. > > There is a good historical basis for precisely using > "*" as a staff break operator, alongside the "!" > operator. Namely, in abc2mtex it was already in use to > force right-justified line breaks.
I know that's what abc.txt says. "a * at the end of each line of abc notation will force a right-justified line-break." But actually, it's "the end of each line" that's the linebreak - the * forces the justification. Try it :- X:1 T:Test K:C cdef gabc'- |*c'bag fedc |] $ abc2mtex test.abc error in input file test.abc: line no. 4 - syntax error - note cannot follow justification -- Richard Robinson "The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
