Re: [abcusers] Programmers please read...

[Wil Macaulay]

Somebody (Atte?) was using a separate voice for chord symbols - worked well visually in the abc. wil Granis - Richard wrote: How about a utility program or three that could hide, remove or realign what is wanted. That might allow those who want the whole enchilada to have it and those who want the traditional basics to have it (or anything in between). If each new release of the standard were required to be downward compatible to lower releases, there would be no worry for anyone simply wanting notes, notes and chords, etc. I do like the concept of the new field for non-melody items although it seems like it might be as complex as the w: symbol. If there were a line that contained beats like | o o o o | o o o o | <-- ,more or fewer o o beats as needed, it might be possible to line everything up under those where you want them played. I still remember the idea of automatically having lyrics line up where they are wanted. The same might work for chords, !..! and other items. Phil Taylor wrote: That's a very important point, and one which I've been arguing for years. Even the addition of guitar chords to the melody line makes it harder to read, and once you also add lots of inline fields and bits of text between exclamation marks, readability goes out of the window. I've always resisted the !..! format, and BarFly still doesn't accept it. In BarFly you can define a single letter (in the range H..Z) to mean any of the symbols that the program understands. Single letters cause much less visual interference than text between exclamation marks, but they're still not ideal. What is really needed is a new field similar to w:, which would be followed by a line of symbols to be aligned to the notes in the melody line above. That way the melody line could be kept clean ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/T8sf5C/tzNLAA/TtwFAA/mjFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/abcusers/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ SPONSORED LINKS Reasons music software Music education software Music catalog software Music recording software Music software Music writing software YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "abcusers" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.