On Sat, 19 Jul 2003, Jack Campin wrote:
> Now, there is one ASCII character that is nearly invisible and hasn't
> been used for anything else in ABC yet. So I propose that ` should
> be completely ignored by both player and formatter programs, with its
> sole function being to help ABC source look better by allowing the
> writer to visually separate notes that are to be beamed together.
> The above tune would then look like this:
>
> X:2
> T:If e'er ye do well it's a wonder
> S:Dow MS, fiddle part
> M:3/4
> L:1/8
> K:D
> (F>E)|D2 F2 A>B| A4 (3(Bcd)|(A2 B2) d2| e4 \
> (d>e)|f2 D2 F2 | A3 BAG | F6 | d4||
> (d>e)|f2{a}gf{f}ed |Te4 (3(def)|(A2 B2) d2|Te4 \
> de |fd```gf```ed | A3 BAG | F6 | d4
> de |fd```gf```ed | e4 (3(def)|(A2 B2) d2|Te4 \
> de |f2 D2 F2 | A3 BAG | F6 | D4|]
to me it seems OK: as long as major developers add this feature (and I
imagine it's very easy to implement), I can see no reason not to include `
in the standard.
Ciao,
Guido =8-)
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