>>>>> "Atte" == Atte Andre Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Atte> On 4 Jun 2002, Laura Conrad wrote:
Atte> <snip>
>> In ABC, I think I'm faster when I'm typing in the octave that
>> doesn't use the capital letters, and I'm certainly faster when I don't
>> have to enter the commas or the apostrophes.
>>
>> So is anyone working on an ABC application that allows this?
Atte> Or better (IMHO): an interface that works the way lily
Atte> works. That is the note is asumed to be the closed to the
Atte> previous one.
I disagree -- that makes the notes too context dependant, so you can't
just cut and paste a snippet into an email. (and it's harder to parse
ABC)
Atte> So instead of:
Atte> CDEF | GABc | c2G2 | c2C2 | c2c2 |
Atte> you do:
Atte> Cdef | gabc | c2g2 | c2c,2 | c'2c2 |
Now a data entry mechanism that took your second line and turned it
into the first might be worth looking into. For instance, an emacs
environment.
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