To answer Ians question. Optional split will split a verse only when it needs to be split due to a slide not being able to fit the display. At present with out this the last line would be added to a new slide. This is needed when songs run on different text sizes and display sizes. The Optional split is being added in 2.6 and will allow a verse to be kept in section in the editor but then split at run time. For example for us a hymn of 8 lines would kept in 2 verses as we display only 6 lines per screen. Now we could store this in one verse and with the split decide at run time to create two verses.
On 25 Aug 2017 13:54, "Ian Knight" <[email protected]> wrote: Perhaps something like "Insert Auto-Break" and "Split Verse" Regards, Ian Knight On 25/08/17 22:19, Lane Lester wrote: I confess I have no idea what the Optional Split does (what? read the doc?). The only splitting I do is to add a second ---[Verse:1]--- to split a long verse into two screens. The Optional Split button inserts [---] which doesn't seem to do anything. There's no Divide button, so I guess that's in newer code than I have. >From what you wrote, I assume the Divide (Force Split) does the same thing I accomplish by duplicating the label as described in my first paragraph above. Side note: I read somewhere that it's not good to have more than six lines on the screen, for the viewers' sake. So I've been splitting long verses as I get to them. Lane *Peace Doctor <http://www.peacedoctor.org/>* *If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.* Paul's letter to the Christians at Rome 12:18 On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 3:40 AM, Raoul Snyman <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey guys and gals, > > As some folks are aware, we've had an ongoing saga about the "Optional > Split" button in the song editor. Many people seem to think that it meant > that a particular verse would be split at that particular location every > time (no matter if there was or wasn't enough space in the slide). Along > the way we've had people ask for a way to force a verse to split (much like > some people expect the optional split to work). > > Between Olli and Tim, they've implemented the second split option. This is > great, but I'm not sure that the current nomenclature for the buttons is > correct. > > Currently, the buttons are labelled "Optional Split" and "Divide". After > some careful thought, my wife suggested "Auto Split" and "Force Split". > Does anyone have any other ideas? > > -- > Raoul Snyman > +1 (520) 490-9743 > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > openlp-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openlp.io/mailman/listinfo/openlp-dev > _______________________________________________ openlp-dev mailing [email protected]https://lists.openlp.io/mailman/listinfo/openlp-dev _______________________________________________ openlp-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openlp.io/mailman/listinfo/openlp-dev
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