Bernard Hill writes: | > | >U: + = trill | | Shouldn't that be | | U:+=!trill! | | ?
Well, we've had a bit of a discussion of that. It seems that some people would agree with you, while some others would vociferously disagree. There seems to be abc around that use both syntaxes. I'd suppose that the answer would be that the bangs are optional. One question is whether there are examples where it actually makes a difference. If the U line allows for arbitrary text substitution (as the C #define does), then there is a difference. One might like to define something like: U: R=!segno!|: That is, the symbol expands to a string that includes an annotation plus some other symbol. If U defines simple string substitutions, I don't see any reason not to expect such definitions. I know that in C this sort of thing is quite useful. OTOH, we could both allow this, and also allow dropping the bangs for the case of standard musical symbols. To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
