Hi,
thanks for your report!
On 09/08/2011 11:20 AM, Mark Hobley wrote:
> It would be useful if there was an option to invert the string order for
> producing French style tablature (ie the strings drawn EADGBE from top to
> bottom, with the low E string drawn at the top).
Indeed, there is already such a feature: See
"Edit"->"Preferences"->"Tuning Presets". You can add a new scheme there.
However, I can include the preset scheme "EADGBE-french" (reversed as
described by you) by default in the next Debian upload. See attachment.
Roland
--- eTktab 2003-11-24 17:54:48.000000000 +0100
+++ /usr/bin/eTktab 2011-09-08 11:52:00.000000000 +0200
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@
D { 0 {D } 1 {A } 2 {F } 3 {C } 4 {G } 5 {D }} \
DADGAD { 0 {D } 1 {A } 2 {G } 3 {D } 4 {A } 5 {D }} \
BADGAD { 0 {D } 1 {A } 2 {G } 3 {D } 4 {A } 5 {B }} \
+ EADGBE-french { 0 {E } 1 {A } 2 {D } 3 {G } 4 {B } 5 {E }} \
orkney { 0 {D } 1 {C } 2 {G } 3 {D } 4 {G } 5 {C }} \
}
set default_prefs(tuning_7) { 0 {D } 1 {G } 2 {C } 3 {F } 4 {A } 5 {D } 6 {G } }