--- Darcy James Argue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Tyler, > > We did. > > A while back, many of the people on this list came > up with a > reasonably detailed plan for implementing a feature > that looks very > much like Sibelius's Dynamic Parts. Between us, we > decided exactly how > it ought to work, and how it COULD work using an > existing Finale > mechanism (Special Part Extraction). I passed the > results of that > discussion on to Coda -- I'm sure some of the other > people involved did > the same. That's a good example. And believe it or not, it nearly got implemented a few years ago because of engraver requests. I can't even remember for sure which release it was, but that feature was very nearly implemented at the expense of developing little else. I don't recall what exactly was involved with the decision to not do it. At this point, I think it would be good to make suggestions to MakeMusic for which parts of that feature you actually need most. What would be the minimum implementation for the feature that would give you most of the usefulness? Sibelius' method is pretty flashy, complete with instantaneous update. If something like that isn't necessary, it would be good to mention that. I'm pretty sure that MakeMusic will at least be looking at this feature again now that Sibelius has included it. They have a lot of other stuff on their plate though, so the less work they'd have to spend on it, the better chance they'd be able to do it. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
