From: "John Chambers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> David Webber writes: > | > | Forgive me if this has been suggested before but could not a double > | > | !! > | > | be used to indicate a line break. This would be consistent with > | the !whatever! usage with absence of any characters indicating a > | line break. > | > | It still leaves existing files as a problem for software to read, > | but there's no way 100% certain round that, especially with some of > | the examples given :-( > > This wouldn't work. It would require that Jim Vint change abc2win to > work this way... > ....Solutions that require a change in abc2win aren't solutions at all. I wasn't actually presuming to suggest a "solution" to anything. Indeed there is in fact no "solution" as far as I can see. The previous use of ! as a line break and as !trill! etc is inconsistent, and a program needing to read existing abc files can make guesses but never be 100% certain, about which is intended - particularly if lots of new things are going to be admitted between !...! in future. Thus *any* definition of a standard will make some old files non-standard. But we need a definition of a standard. And I don't think it is a generally tenable philosophy to give preference in doing so to conventions used by programs which are no longer maintained (if indeed that is what you are suggesting) Dave David Webber Author of MOZART the music processor for Windows - http://www.mozart.co.uk Member of the North Cheshire Concert Band http://www.northcheshire.org.uk To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
