> I've had a number of email queries about > apparent failures that were due to "tunes" that lacked any notes. > Sometimes this was intentional, sometimes it was because the file was > double spaced. It would be useful to have an indication of this. > > The problem is how best to say this. > There is a list of headers that could contain a code for "no notes". > This field already uses a double quote to indicate that accompaniment > chords are present. I wonder if there's a good single char that could > stand for "notes", or maybe for "no notes"? Perhaps '*' (asterisk) > could be used for this, as it doesn't seem to have any other use, and > it is conventionally used to indicate an explanatory footnote.
That sounds pretty good. The double-spaced ones are a nightmare. Have you figured out what sequence of events creates them? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jack Campin: 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU; 0131 6604760 <http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack> * food intolerance data & recipes, Mac logic fonts, Scots traditional music files, and my CD-ROM "Embro, Embro". ------> off-list mail to "j-c" rather than "abc" at this site, please <------ To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
