On 22 Jan 2010 at 20:13, John Howell wrote:

> At 12:24 AM -0800 1/22/10, Mark D Lew wrote:
> >On Jan 20, 2010, at 8:33 PM, David W. Fenton wrote:
> >
> >>Why isn't this fixed in Finale? Surely it's something Sibelius does
> >>by default, since it's so braindead wrong in Finale!
> >
> >Can you describe algorithmically what you think the fixed program should do?
> 
> No way, not even on a bet! 

Isn't it actually quite easy to describe how melismas should be 
handled?

> But I can say that of the notation 
> programs I've used, Sibelius has the best lyrics handling hands down, 
> both the easiest to enter and the best to look at by default.
> 
> So I guess my answer would be that the fixed program should do what 
> Sibelius already does.

Sibelius handles melismas without any problems?

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David W. Fenton                    http://dfenton.com
David Fenton Associates       http://dfenton.com/DFA/

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