On 25 Aug 2003 at 11:59, Jean-Francois Moine wrote: > On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 15:42:30 -0400, "Ewan A. Macpherson" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >I also note that as of 3.7.0, it [abcm2ps] > >puts in "... a double bar at end of line when next line starts with a > >repeat bar." > > It is so in most music scores I have. Granted, but what if *I* don't want it there? Now there's no way not to have it. > >I find this (new to abcm2ps) business of adding in notational elements > >not specified in the abc a bit disturbing. If a player program needs to > >insist on "correct" notation of repeats or whatever, fine, but a > >typesetting program shouldn't care. Any way to turn this off, Jef? > > I don't see what you expect... What I'm getting at is that I don't think an abc typesetting program should be making "corrections" like this. There is a fairly direct correspondance between the notational symbols in the abc file and what shows up on the rendered page. If a user *wants* a double bar they can write it in the abc file, and if they want something else they can specify that, and the typesetter should typeset it as specified. I guess I think the "missing" double bar should be treated like bar- length checking. If I give M:2/4 in the header and proceed to write the tune in 4/4, abcm2ps will issue a lot of "too many notes in bar X" warnings, but it will still only put in bar lines where they are specified and not add in new ones. I don't really care about the double-bar issue itself, but it seems like a departure from past practice to have the typesetter enforcing "correct" notation. with best wishes, e. To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
