On Tue, 26 Aug 2003, Don Simons wrote: > ever even seen the Read book. I can't really point to any specific authority > for the algorithm I intend PMX to use, but I do remember a discussion on the > mailing list prior to my last major revision of accidental placement. I came > away from that with the impression that the algorithm I've tried to > implement represented the consensus of the "experts". The rule is to always > take accidentals from the top down, and to place each succeeding accidental > as far to the right as possible. Sounds simple, but it's a bitch to program, > and obviously I still don't have it quite right. In the example I sent out, I think from what I have seen in the literature, the algorithm is oK, but the cascade is too long. Maybe you have to set an upper limit, let us say 3 or 4, for the maximum length of the cascade and then start again on the right with a new cascade.
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