Thank you Élie for the clarification. I agree that the first form (centering method) is the better solution.
My concern, though, is more about the validity of the syntax "()" and its behavior. My question is: Is such a pair of blank-brackets 1) a valid syntax with defined behavior as part of the abc language itself, or 2) not a defined syntax but accepted & rendered by a specific implementation of gabc compiler/interpreter? To me, case 1) guarantees the consistence of its behavior, then I feel no urgency to modify my source files; but case 2) is very different. Thanks, Michael Zhang Shanghai, China ________________________________________ 发件人: Élie Roux <[email protected]> 代表 Élie Roux <[email protected]> 发送时间: 2016年2月16日 18:03 收件人: Zhang Michael; [email protected] 主题: Re: 答复: [Gregorio-users] How to deal with the meta text in lyrics? > So, how "dangerous" is the blank-bracket method? So far I can see > only one side effect that extra space will be inserted there, but > I'm not sure if there will be change to its behavior. I already have > a few dozen of source files using that method, so I wonder if I > should correct them ASAP. The main difference between 2ab. {E}c(ehg) and 2ab.() Ec(ehg) is that in the second case, a line break can occur after "2ab.", which is certainly not what you want. It will also change the spacings into something you might not want. I think it's best to use the first form, but the second is not "dangerous", it's just different in some edge cases. Thank you, -- Elie _______________________________________________ Gregorio-users mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/gregorio-users
