From: "Jack Campin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ABC Users" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2003 12:58 AM Subject: [abcusers] expandable information field
> > I'd like to catch the use the the Y: field for future extensions > > like Y:someinfofield="some info field value" > > This way we've maintained compitiblity with existing abc files > > while having the possibilty of future expansion. > > Perhaps Phil (as the person whose program has the strangest parser) > is probably in the best position to answer this, but it occurred to > me a while ago that maybe we don't need a whole new letter for such > uses. Would it be feasible to allow multi-character header fields > so long as they were introduced by a leading ":"? Wouldn't that break use of existing software? > X:1 > T:Thingummy's Reel > M:C| > :DanceInstructions: RSCDS Book 137, 2042 > K:A > ... > That only needs one-character lookahead, which I think was what > Phil was concerned about? I can imagine the trouble that it will give... > (I'm going to be away for a week, OS 1:50000 sheet 48 302241, > a mile off the nearest road with no modem). Enjoy! Arent To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
