>>>>> "John" == John Atchley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> The (^) syntax is precisely a method for the person who wants to print
>> a sharp in parentheses to specify this. Whether the sharp is one that
>> the program would figure out to add or not. What's your idea for how
>> to get this?
John> The syntax being discussed is nothing but a way of saying,
John> "this accidental isn't really necessary."
No, it's a way of saying "If you're a printer program, print this with
parentheses around the sharp". "This accidental isn't necessary" is
one of the things we use parentheses to indicate, but not the only
thing.
John> Again, doing it this way leaves it up to the person who will
John> be printing, and presumably playing from, the score. So, if
John> you don't like helper accidentals and I do, we can each have
John> our cake and eat it too.
The person who hates cautionary and editorial accidentals is perfectly
well served by the current ABC syntax; we're talking about how to
also serve the needs of people who want them.
I have suggested before that a printer program should offer options
on how the (^) should be displayed. Not at all would be one of them
-- that is, for my editions, I would like abc2midi to play the ficta I
enter, but I don't necessarily want abc2ps to print them, because I'd
like my players to have the same information presented to them that
Morley's contemporaries had. Other possibilities, all common in
modern editions of early music, are:
in parentheses on the staff (this is the normal display for
cautionary accidentals)
Above the staff, over the note they apply to.
Above the staff in parentheses
Above the staff in square brackets
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