Laura remarked:
| >>>>> "Phil" == Phil Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
| Phil> However, it's actually not that but the N: in the tune which
| Phil> foxes BarFly.
|
| Yes, that's a change I'd like to see in the standard. Either N: or
| some other text field should be allowed in the body, so that notes
| that actually apply to a particular note or lyric can be entered _in
| situ_. abc2ps does the right thing already. abc2midi complains, but
| wouldn't do anything about the N: field wherever it was.
Hmmm ... I'm not sure that abc2ps does this "right". I just did a
quick test with the file:
X: 1
T: TEST: Notes in header and music
N: Line 1 of note in header.
N: Line 2 of note in header.
K: C
[|CDEF GABc|]
N: Line 1 of note in music.
N: Line 2 of note in music.
[|cBAG FEDC|]
What abc2ps did was to collect the four N: lines and produce them at
the bottom. If the intent was to attach notes to the lines of music,
this intent was lost.
The latest versions of abc2ps implement a %%text feature that is like
N: but which appears at the corresponding place in the output. So if
the N: lines inside the music are converted to %%text lines, the text
will appear between the two staffs.
The current interpretation that abc2ps puts on N: lines seems to be
that they can appear anywhere, but are considered a single block of
notes that applies to the "tune" as a whole. This is valid in the
weak sense that the standard doesn't say anything about the subject.
Maybe we want to add a bit of verbiage that explicitly approves the
above sort of usage, and says that the N: lines inside the music are
associated with the adjacent line(s) of music and should be displayed
there.
| Phil> Perhaps the breve and longa should go in the standard. Certainly the
| Phil> breve should, as it's sometimes used even in modern music. In the
| Phil> meantime we're stuck with a8-a8, or even a4-a4-a4-a4.
|
| So you think a program that does handle longas should be able to parse
| a4-a4-a4-a4 as a16?
Maybe, as an option. But I'd prefer a default that says "display it
as I typed it" to avoid surprises. There are situations where a
string of tied notes is preferable to a long note, mostly because
this makes it easier for someone to count the beats. An option to do
reductions like this could come in handy at times, however.
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