From: "Guido Gonzato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > My personl view is that extensions are always welcome if the make life > easier, but calling them 'standard' is only possible if/when they are > actually implemented by a large number of applications. Remember, I > believe in 'de facto' standards.
In the case of the m: macro given by Phil, the solution is easy. Just document the existence of m: as something that goes beyond the standard (if you don't want to include it), and programs can either use it or not. The key is (in this example at least) that the music makes syntactical sense if you ignore the macro. If all macros are like that and the existence of m: is documented, it will ensure that macros do not break programs which ignore them. Dave David Webber Author of MOZART the music processor for Windows - http://www.mozart.co.uk Member of the North Cheshire Concert Band http://www.northcheshire.org.uk To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
