On the matter of whether features are "just" plugins, it would be relatively simple for MM (and Finale's users) to have cake and eat it too. Two extensions of the plugin interface would integrate them in ways that would erase much of the distinction.
1. Plugins should be able to add themselves to context menus. 2. The user should optionally be able to add plugins to an "automatic" list that runs at the same time "Automatic Note Spacing" runs. Plugin developers have been requesting these enhancements for years. The problem is, it is not the kind of enhancement that gets a tremendous number of user requests. That said, Sib's trumpeting of "automatic" "wedge-free" beaming could lend impetous to at least #2, because then Patterson Beams could disappear into the automatic run list. _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale