Jean-Francois.Moine wrote:
>There have been many proposals for V: in ABC, but as it seems the
>standard advances very slowly, I would just ask Phil about its comment in
>the 'Shingly Beach...s' thread:
>
>> This is fine for BarFly, but other programs don't like having
>> the V: fields on the same line as the music, so I fixed that.
>> It's much less readable, but should work in most programs"
>
>Do you really think that:
>
> V:1 D | G4 c4 | Bd cA F2 D2 | ...
>
>is less readable than:
>
> [V:1] D | G4 c4 | Bd cA F2 D2 | ...
>
>?
>
No, but it's more readable than
V:1
D | G4 c4 | Bd cA F2 D2 | ...
(which was what I was discussing) because that spreads the tune out vertically
by inserting an extra line between each voice, so it's not as easy to compare
the corresponding notes in different voices. I do suggest in the BarFly
documentation that users should use this syntax for tunes which are to be
uploaded, for the sake of compatibility.
[V:1] D | G4 c4 | Bd cA F2 D2 | ... doesn't currently work in BarFly,
although I probably will implement it as a third alternative. What worries
me about the use of an inline field for V: is that it is an invitation to
people to put [V:2] in the middle of a line. After all, that's what inline
fields are for. In this case, however, it makes no sense at all to change
voices in mid-line.
Phil Taylor
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