Henrik Norbeck wrote:
>Jean-Francois Moine wrote:
>> - !repeatbar!, !repeatbar2!, ...
>> I think it is a kind of '%' meaning the previous measure shall be
>> repeated, but I don't think it is an accent. Instead, it should be
>> indicated as a regular music sign.
>> Could it be 'R' or 'r' (repeat)?
>> The length indication, when present, would give the number of
>> measures, just like the multi-measure rest ('Z') I implemented in
>> abcm2ps.
>
>As I understand the idea behind the draft standard, the
>!something! can be used for accents, but also for other symbols. I
>would say that the parts of the draft dealing with redefinable
>symbols (using the U: and u: fields) should be reformulated a bit.
>So if you want R for repeat, just define:
>U: R = !repeatbar!
Reformulated is an understatement. That section of the draft standard
is total mess. It confuses and conflates the ideas of redefinable
symbols and macros, while introducing the totally unnecessary !text!
construction. I've had both things working in BarFly for several
years, using the syntax which was formulated back in the old abc
developers group. It works beautifully and I have no intention of
replacing it with something which is clearly inferior.
Phil Taylor
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