>>>>> "Phil" == Phil Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Phil> Frank wrote (about automatic line-end fixing code):
>>
>> I think John's idea was to include it in the tune finder.
>>
Phil> Unless it can be made to work 100% correctly every time that's
Phil> a bad idea, because it may well end up not fixing the problem
Phil> and making it more difficult for the user to figure out what's
Phil> gone wrong.
I think the point here is that the user is someone who wants to see
what the tune looks like before downloading it, and not someone who
has written this particular ABC, or maybe even any ABC.
Phil> Perhaps it would be better to run a series of checks for the
Phil> symptoms of line wrap corruption and warn the user if found,
Phil> rather than trying to correct it automatically.
Again, this isn't a user who's intending (immediately) to edit the
ABC.
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