On Fri, 25 Jul 2003, Arent Storm wrote:

> 1) where does T1 come from
T1 in V:T1 is just an identifier that will make the ABC
source code more readable.

As you know the name of the voice and other options
need to be spelled out only once, so having readable
identifiers throughout a big piece of ABC source code
is a big plus.

> 2) I expect all options of the form: option=value
>   so up/down should be stem=[up|down]
Agreed.

>   draw=[merge|hide|cuesize|<preserved>] to accomodate
>   hidden voices, cuesize
These things should be done with %% directives.

> 3) the abbreviations do not contribute much
Well, ABC users are lazy :-)

> 4) program v n is unclear to me;
>   program=# channel=# bank=# would be much more readable and expandable)
Will come back on this later.

>    transpose=-2  (to note that clarinet is not playing the same as a flute)
> defaults to 0
Will add.

>    stafflines=1  (accomodate gregorian chant and percussion) defaults to 5
Will come back on this later.


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 Irwin Oppenheim
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