Re: [abcusers] V: again

2001-01-24 Thread Phil Taylor
John Walsh wrote: X:7 T:Polyrhythmic with No Coherent Bar Division Z:The notes line up, but the bars don't B:MusiXTeX doc p 47 M:3/4 L:1/8 K:C V:1 F2 F2 F2|F2 F2 F2||F2 F2 F2|F2 F2 F2:| V:2 M:2/4 F2 F2|F2 F2|F2 F2||F2 F2|F2 F2|F2 F2:| V:3 M:3/8 L:1/8 F3|FFF|F3|FFF|F3|FFF|F3|FFF|F3|FFF|F3|FFF:|

Re: [abcusers] V: again

2001-01-24 Thread Phil Taylor
James Allwright wrote: Since nobody yet seems to have even understood my description, I get the feeling that the concept is probably a bit too esoteric and confusing for the abc community. I think I understood it OK. Perhaps the word Synch is a bit confusing, since it implies that the voices

Re: [abcusers] V: again

2001-01-24 Thread John Chambers
James Allwright writes: | Hmm. Sort of like a tab stop? | No, not like a tab stop at all. | | Tell me, can you use that to | synchronize at other than a bar line? | ... | Since nobody yet seems to have even understood my description, I get | the feeling that the concept is probably a bit

Re: [abcusers] V: again

2001-01-24 Thread John Walsh
Phil Taylor wrote: John Walsh wrote: [...] M:3/8 L:1/8 F3|FFF|F3|FFF|F3|FFF|F3|FFF|F3|FFF|F3|FFF:| Surely the third voice is half as long again as the other two? If it were written like this it would be OK: [...] V:3 M:3/8 L:1/8 F3|FFF|F3|FFF|F3|FFF|F3|FFF:| No--there was a mistake in

[abcusers] V: again

2001-01-23 Thread James Allwright
I have a small suggestion regarding the V: field and global parameters. This isn't something I've implemented, just an idea I had. I'd like to know if other people think it is useful or not. The idea is that we introduce another V: directive V:SYNC which marks the point in the abc where all

Re: [abcusers] V: again

2001-01-23 Thread James Allwright
On Tue 23 Jan 2001 at 11:59AM -, Laurie Griffiths wrote: I think I would prefer V: SYNC string Consider: V:1 abc abc abc abc V:SYNC 1 dead dead dead V:SYNC 2 def def def def V:2 face face face V:SYNC 2 def def def def I don't think you've understood the concept here. What you've