From: "Jack Campin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 12:46 PM Subject: Re: [abcusers] About the choice of '!' > > Having read the discussion about bang & co for quite a while > > I'd like to add my two (euro)cents. > > I have more or less implemented a full abc import/export of > > ABC in MusiCAD based on 1.6 and beyond, trying to accommodate > > as much extensions as possible (words/multivoice/etc). > > > > When implementing linebreaks the CR/LF, I took the approach of > > ignoring CR/LF at all. MusiCAD determines clustering, barlines, > > linebreaks pagebreaks and so on, so the information abc provides > > in this respect was simply ignored without much consequenses. > > Which means anybody using ABC for Highland pipe music will dump the > demo of your program in the trash/wastebasket/recycle-bin after they > try the first tune. All phrases go on one line. No exceptions, > soldier. I think/hope that that'll be too pessimistic. Just by setting (otpional) 4 bar/line I, think that most of the tunes will be just fine. > Ditto a lot of people typesetting songs and hymns - look at "Hymns > Ancient and Modern", for example. You hardly ever find a text line > running over two staff lines. And that's where ! would fit in perfectly. No need to clutter up with \ just to get a CR/LF linebreak.
> BarFly makes ignoring linebreaks an option (except for multi-voice > music where it isn't practical); what I do sometimes is first let > the program have a go at doing the layout, then optimize the result > by putting explicit linebreaks in better places myself. BarFly's > spacing algorithm is not very sophisticated (monospace type printed > on elastic), but the same approach would be handy for any program. As I see music engraving, you should care about linebreak/pagebreak just before you start printing. You never know the paper size beforehand do you? So I implemented heaps of layout features just to enable me to get as much notes on paper as I want. And yes, there will be conflicting issues like readability and need to get as much on a single sheet as possible. Arent To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
