On Tue 28 Nov 2000 at 05:01PM +0000, Phil Taylor wrote:
> >
> >No, the main thing that makes it irregular in BarFly is that it isn't
> >terminated by an end of line (as you go on to describe). By "irregular",
> >I mean irregular in the sense of an irregular verb, which doesn't
> >follow the normal rules and has to be learnt as a special case by the
> >language student.
>
> Not really; I think of it as being the same as the H: field, which
> continues onto as many lines as is necessary. If you consider the
> tune as being contained within the V: field (rather than using the
> V: just as a label) then it's exactly the same as H:.
But the tune isn't contained in a V: field. This is a big jump which
means you diverge from the 1.6 standard. My original suggestion was
intended to follow the spirit of the 1.6 fields and aimed at people
who want to do likewise. I can see that you are a "lost cause" in
this respect, which is why I said it wouldn't be BarFly-compatible.
James Allwright
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