>>>>> "John" == John Chambers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
John> BTW, where does the 1.6 standard explicitly forbid this final :|? I
John> don't seem to see anything at all on the topic, only the statement
John> that :| marks the end of a repeated section. This would imply that
John> the above notation is legal, since that bar line *is* the end of a
John> repeated section.
No, you never repeat the alternates. (Except for your :|1,3 example.)
John> (Some people have ranted about the practice of omitting |: initially,
John> but this is a losing battle. You're fighting too much tradition in
John> this case.)
But it might not be a bad idea for printing programs to provide an
option to not print an initial |:. This would allow ABC coders to
write balanced repeat indicators, but have them print the way most
printed music does it.
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