On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 15:52:32 -0500, David W. Fenton wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 10:44:18 +0000, Ken Moore wrote:
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>>> There is a bar for entering text in the Expression creation dialog,
>>> labeled Description: -- that is where you would enter Strings-piano
>>> or Guitar-piano
>>
>> The other useful feature in F2004 (is it in F2003?) is making
>> non-printing a style, applicable to individual characters, so you can
>> differentiate the two versions on the display also, but make them
>> identical on print-out.
>
> This (along with the lack of justification) shows that they've
> implemented this "feature" in a really half-assed way. Comments should
> be a separate field in the expression definition, not a non-printing
> part of the expression itself.
David,
If you had read the whole thread (I've just left in a couple of
messages to remind you of what you missed), you'd already have known
that this was the case. There *is* a separate "Description" field in
the expression definition (as descibed by David Bailey) whose contents
are viewable from the Expression Selection window but not once the
expression is actually placed.
Ken Moore suggested an alternate means of differentiating between two
similar versions of an expression, but that was presented entirely as
an alternate ("The other ... feature"). I pointed out the flaws in
that alternate method, but it is certainly not the only (or even the
best) way to do it.
> Perhaps it was easy for them to implement it this way, but it sounds
> like it wouldn't have much value.
>
> Or, at least, cause almost as many problems as it solves.
>
> This is the kind of bullet-point feature that might tempt me to
> upgrade, but once I've heard the reality of it, I recognize that it's
> not at all what it pretends to be -- I can definitely get on just
> fine without it.
My response to this will be in your very own words (posted here on
Wed, 23 Mar 2005 16:07:53 -0500):
> Would you *please* refrain from posting about subjects on which
> you are clearly ignorant?
--
Brad Beyenhof
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Life would be so much easier if only (3/2)^12=(2/1)^7.
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