On Jun 7, 2004, at 10:59 AM, David W. Fenton wrote:
Yes, it *is* a problem with Type in Score, since certain kinds of problems that pop up in Type in Score can only be figured out by going to Edit Lyrics. I can't remember a specific example, but with my Requiem example, that was where I got in trouble. I was happily using type in score, and did not realize that the default for copying was not to create *new* lyrics, but to link to the original. Well, the lyrics in the copied version were supposed to be different, and I started changing them with Type in Score, and, naturally, this screwed up the original part. And I could only work out what had gone wrong was to go to Edit Lyrics. That's when I realized what an incredible unmanageable mess Type in Score had allowed me to create.
Well, I'll half agree. I concede that a problem with Type in Score is that there are certain things which cannot be done there, forcing the user to resort to Edit Lyrics -- which leads to the dangers inherent in combining the two. Then again, a user can get into a heap of trouble by messing around with data in Edit Frames, too. The assumption is that you don't mess with Edit Frames unless you know what you're doing. A similar assumption might be made about Edit Lyrics, except for the fact that there are a couple of common lyric functions that can't be done otherwise.
With regards to copying lyrics, I agreed long ago that the default should be to create new syllables in the list, rather than creating additional assignments to the same syllables. This is a problem, but I don't see it as a problem with Type-in-Score per se.
As you know, I too prefer using Edit Lyrics, though I'll occasionally use Type-in-Score to fix a typo (or, more often, to temporarily reduce a syllable for the sake of respacing a problem measure).
mdl
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