Re: [Finale] Feature request (#3 in a series)

2003-07-12 Thread Jari Williamsson
Noel Stoutenburg writes: 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. Why would the line feed has to be optional? Sounds to me like if you need

Re: [Finale] Feature request (#3 in a series)

2003-07-12 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Jari Williamsson wrote: Noel Stoutenburg writes: 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. Why would the line feed has to be

Re: [Finale] Feature request (#3 in a series)

2003-07-12 Thread Harold Owen
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

Re: [Finale] Feature request (#3 in a series)

2003-07-12 Thread Bruce K H Kau
FWIW The interpretation of CR and LF is different between Macs and PCs. On a PC, a CR-LF combination is necessary to end a line. The CR only brings the cursor to the beginning of the current line, and the LF advances to the next line. As I understand, on a Mac, a CR performs both functions. And,

RE: [Finale] Feature request (#3 in a series)

2003-07-12 Thread Brad Beyenhof
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

Re: [Finale] Feature request (#3 in a series)

2003-07-12 Thread Darcy James Argue
On Saturday, July 12, 2003, at 09:26 AM, Bruce K H Kau wrote: FWIW The interpretation of CR and LF is different between Macs and PCs. On a PC, a CR-LF combination is necessary to end a line. The CR only brings the cursor to the beginning of the current line, and the LF advances to the next

Re: [Finale] Feature request (#3 in a series)

2003-07-12 Thread Jari Williamsson
Bruce K H Kau writes: FWIW The interpretation of CR and LF is different between Macs and PCs. [...] Not sure how Finale would deal with all these differences. There shouldn't be a technical issue regarding line breaks here. Finale already deals with line breaks in text blocks (which

Re: [Finale] Feature request (#3 in a series)

2003-07-12 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Darcy James Argue wrote, with respect to having optional CR-LF's:: I don't understand the desire for *optional* line breaks, when it's so easy to change from one to the other (duplicate one and turn it into the other). Seems like a awful amount of extra programming work for a cumbersome,

Re: [Finale] Feature request (#3 in a series)

2003-07-12 Thread Bruce K H Kau
Of course. And, you're right about text blocks. (duh, that wasn't too bright of me.) But I suppose I misunderstood NS's original post, which he later clarified. I was further confused by your use of the term linefeed, which to me has a specific technical meaning. I agree with NS and Darcy that we

Re: [Finale] Feature request (#3 in a series)

2003-07-12 Thread Patsy Moore
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Harold Owen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes 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. Me:

Re: [Finale] Feature request (#3 in a series)

2003-07-12 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Darcy wrote, in part, enquiring: Do you mean that you would allow line breaks on some staves and not others? I hadn't thought about that bit. I was thinking more about a lengty text expression that occurs several times in the same score, where in a couple places it needs to be compressed by

RE: [Finale] Feature request (#3 in a series)

2003-07-12 Thread Lee Actor
Well, first and foremost I'd like to see the capability of linebreaks; if the mechanism were introduced it's certainly feasible to create two expressions, one without embedded CR-LF's, and the other one with, and use the appropriate one at each point. However, as I like to think of myself as

Re: [Finale] Feature request (#3 in a series)

2003-07-12 Thread Darcy James Argue
On Saturday, July 12, 2003, at 05:06 PM, Lee Actor wrote: However, as I like to think of myself as a frugal individual, if a switch can be set so that these are ignored in some places, but not in others, then one can get by with one expression instead of two. Yes, but at the expense of an

Re: [Finale] Feature request (#3 in a series)

2003-07-12 Thread Tim Thompson
Not only line breaks, but other text manipulation as in text blocks, especially justification (which is not necessary with a single line). Along those lines, I wonder why it is not possible to manipulate character positioning in lyrics. I've often had situations where it would be nice...time