Bert Van Vreckem writes: | Jeff Bigler wrote: | > I would find it particularly useful to have an explicit linebreak | > command that would override the "continue all line ends (append '\')" | > option to the abc2ps-like programs. Usually, I want the program to just | > decide where to put the line breaks, with a few rare exceptions. | | Well, personally I want to be in charge of linebreaks myself. I play a | lot of folk dance music which consist of phrases of 8 bars. When | linebreaks are every 4 or 8 bars, this makes the score more readable.
Yeah; I do this a lot, too. Funny thing: A couple of years ago, when I posted an explanation like this, I got royally flamed by several people who though this was one of the stupidest ideas they'd ever heard. I was a bit surprised to find that some people actually have emotional reactions to such things. Anyway, I think that dance musicians usually really like having the phrases aligned this way, but most other musicians don't see the benefit (and some vehemently dislike it). I've occasionally wondered whether Jack Campin gets similar flames. His abc is very nicely aligned vertically, making the structure of the music really obvious. This just has to offend some people ... To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
