On Monday, 21 March 2016 at 02:39:04 pm +0100, Pierre Couderc wrote:
>
>
> On 03/21/2016 10:49 AM, Élie Roux wrote:
> > Le 21/03/2016 10:31, Pierre Couderc a écrit :
> >> Mmm, what are "internal latin editions" ?
> > What they use in their choir and don't sell.
> >
> >> Do you consider "Liber Usual" 1925, "Graduel triplex" or
> >> "Antiphonale Romanum" 2009 as "internal Latin editions".
> > No
> >
> >> All these books use the solemnensis latin way, with a space.
> > indeed
> >
> >> I think, sauf votre respect, that I cannot not include the space in
> >> "my" gabc files reproducing scores extracted from these books...
> > I disagree, for me the spaces should be automatically added by TeX if
> > you want them, having them in the gabc makes someone wishing to reuse
> > your gabc have to remove the spaces...
> >
> > So, to sum up:
> >
> > - with spaces in gabc:
> > * other people cannot use your gabc if they don't want to add these
> > spaces
> > * you still have to use the automatic spaces in your TeX file for the
> > text outside the score
> >
> > - with no space in gabc
> > * you just use the same spacing as your main TeX file (which can use
> > them or not according to the style you want)
> > * other people can reuse your gabc file
> >
> > So, I really see 0 reason to add the spaces in the gabc file... unless I
> > miss something?
> Well, I am not sure.
> But I think we mix many problems.
> - my initial question : are there "standard" latin typographic rules ?
> - the point is not so much gregorio than gregobase.
> - fidelity to the original. Does fidelity goes to typographic rules. I
> think yes. If we quit the original source, there is no limit.
> - A user may want to use the typographic use of her country in her main
> text and keep the original typographic way in the score.
>
> A proposal : create gabc with respect of the typographic space of the
> original source, and add a gregoriotex macro which will add or remove
> the space to conform to non "standard" (I want to say non solemnensis
> or other source way) typogaphic use.
You can make a special character, <sp>:</sp> that you can then define
(in TeX) to be either {space}: or just :.
Henry
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