I disagree that it has been like this with every update. Reproofing was
a significant headache with all updates from v1.0 to roughly Fin97. I'm
not talking about subtleties. Spacing would be screwed up, or
accidentals and expressions jumped around. I actually had to write a
custom plugin to help me upgrade one file created in v2. Plus, you had
to upgrade files in stages. First, get it to the last v2 format, then to
Fin02 (which had the best import of v2 files) then onwards.
However, after that I have been remarkably surprised that essentially
from Fin2k thru Fin06 no rework and no version hopping is required. And
from Fin07-08 as well. The only difficulty I had going from Fin06-07 was
with certain accidental placements that a single edit to the accidental
definition fixed for all instances.
I would be curious to know what kinds of problems you've seen upgrading
files in recent versions. I of course use PDFs too. But I generally
upgrade to the latest version if I need to make changes. In the 1990s I
would never have done so.
Robert
Johannes Gebauer wrote:
On 15.07.2008 Robert Patterson wrote:
I am concerned specifically that a "reinvented and streamlined"
expression tool will not be capable of upgrading an existing file
without requiring the file to be re-proofed for errors in placement of
expressions.
I must say that doesn't bother me any more. It has been like this with
almost every single update. I simply save PDFs of the files I am still
using, and otherwise I simply revise them when I need to. I have many
files from various previous versions on my computer, and when I need
them I always spend some time updating them.
However, my needs may be slightly different from yours.
Johannes
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