Noel Stoutenburg: > > > > If not implemented in FIN 2k4, one thing I would like > to see in 2k5 is > > > > the ability to embed non-printing, optional carriage > return / linefeed > > > > sequences (hereinafter, CR-LFs) in text expressions.
Jari Williamsson: > > > Why would the line feed has to be optional? Sounds to me > like if you need > > > a line feed, you'll add it. If you don't need it, you > don't add it. Or am I > > > missing something here? Noel: > >I can think of a number of scores where in most places one > would not need the > >line feed, but in a few places it is required. Making the > CR-LF optional > >allows the use of one text expression instead of two. I see > it as a logical > >application of the principal of which the "allow individual > positioning" is a > >current example. Harold Owen: > I would use one expression without the line feed. In places where I > want the line feed, all I have to do is add it to the expression once > entered - which seems simpler than having two expressions or having > to deal with Noel's suggested feature. Me: But that simply wouldn't work. You cannot modify an expression that has been placed without changing all other placements of that expression. The only notable exception is shape expressions that have been placed with metatools, as Finale will then duplicate the shape in Shape Designer so that such individual modifications are possible. No way to do that with a text expression, though. Add text to one instance; all instances are affected. However, I have absolutely no qualms with having two expressions. I admit that CR-LFs in expressions would be TREMENDOUSLY useful, but two nearly equivalent expressions are in no way a problem. TGTools' Text Expression Sorter all but eliminates any confusion by alphabetizing the list and thereby moving the two expressions right next to each other in the dialog. ------------- Brad Beyenhof [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
