In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, I. Oppenheim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >On Tue, 1 Jul 2003, Bernard Hill wrote: > >> Is ~ a roll or a turn? > >According to ABC 1.7.6, it's a roll: > ><< >$ The standard set of definitions (if you do not >$ redefine them) is: >$ U: ~ = !roll! >$ U: T = !trill! >$ U: H = !fermata! >$ U: L = !emphasis! >$ U: M = !lowermordent! >$ U: P = !uppermordent! >$ U: S = !segno! >$ U: O = !coda! >$ U: u = !upbow! >$ U: v = !downbow! >>> > >If the user wants different behaviour, he can change >the definition.
As long as he knows how. Can I ask how many abc users are used to editing the language, or do they just use it to print/play tunes on the net? > >> [..] is the symbol for a chord, but I've seen +..+ also used > >The + notation has since long been deprecated. > >> Change of time sig (etc) can be done with [M:3/4] in >> the middle of a line or M:3/4 on a line by itself. > >correct. > >> But I've seen music with M:3/4 without brackets in a >> mid-line. > >incorrect. Should give either a warning or an error >message. > >> My biggest wail is the end-of-line. The standard says >> that the end of line is the end of music line (unless >> terminated with \ character). But many tunes have >> silly numbers of bars, on a line, like 10,9,1 on 3 >> consecutive lines. Clearly needing relayout but then >> when to relayout a line, when not? > >All the standard says is : << Generally one line of abc >notation will produce one line of music, although if >the music is too long it will overflow onto the next >line.>> > >So a newline does not force (but only suggests) a line >break, and it is up to the program to come up with a >sound layout algorithm. But I take it that the sentence above means that it WILL break at a line end and MAY break elsewhere... The problem as a developer is that we're second-guessing writers of "bad" abc notation. Bernard Hill Braeburn Software Author of Music Publisher system Music Software written by musicians for musicians http://www.braeburn.co.uk Selkirk, Scotland To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
