On Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 04:25:45PM +0000, James Allwright wrote: > The Q: field is documented reasonably well by the 1.6 standard. In the > long distant past there was a similar problem caused by the standard > stating that an implicit value for the L: field can be deduced from the > value of the M: field. A naive reader of the standard might ask "Does > the unit note length (L:) change if the meter (M:) changes in the > middle of a tune ?". If they are tied together in this way, you get > very peculiar results, so it is important that unit note length is > stated or deduced once at the beginning of a tune and only changes > thereafter if explicitly re-defined. Likewise, dynamic re-definition > of tempo when something else changes is undesirable. I think this > is really just common sense.
At least abc2ps will reset the L: value if you change the M: value. It results in stuff that looks like this: abc|[M:2/2][L:1/4]ab|[M:3/4][L:1/4]cde Very ugly. -- Taral <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> This message is digitally signed. Please PGP encrypt mail to me. "Any technology, no matter how primitive, is magic to those who don't understand it." -- Florence Ambrose
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