----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 2:02 AM Subject: Re: [abcusers] Re: backslashes
> Jack Campin wrote: > > >>> 1. continued lines cannot have a trailing comment > >>> 2. pseudocomments cannot be continued > >> > >> The current text of ABC 2.0 does not allow either. > >> > >> Ad. 1: "Comments can not be included on lines that end > >> with a backslash." > > > >That would make it impossible to comment out a block of text without > >editing it first, since many other kinds of line might end with > >backslashes. And then you'd have to remember where the backslashes > >used to be when undoing the commenting-out. > > I hadn't thought of that. Commenting out part of an abc tune by > placing % at the beginning of each line is a useful debugging > technique. Anyway, I think we've moved on from that position, > and the developing standard now allows 1. (or am I confused?) > > >Commenting-out could well introduce pseudo-pseudo-comments. I doubt > >we can do anything about that. What about %<< I:ignored field ignored-abcline %%ignored-pseudo-comment %>> or something similar. Seems as harmless as useful... Arent To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
