Re: Ongoing work on repeated music

[Thomas Morley]

Am Sa., 6. März 2021 um 20:42 Uhr schrieb Dan Eble <dan@faithful.be>:
>
> Lately, I've been trying to contribute self-contained, well-tested 
> enhancements to repeated music in bottom-up fashion.  In the code review for 
> the `\section` command, Harm expressed interest in what's still in the queue. 
>  I don't want to clutter the review with tangential discussion, so I'm 
> providing a summary here.
>
> The goal is a `\repeat segno …` command that provides useful automatic 
> engraving and performance for common cases involving D.S., D.C., al Fine, al 
> Coda, etc.  This is built on other features that could be used on their own:
>
> Generalize `\inStaffSegno` into `\segnoMark N` (much like `\mark N`) with 
> context properties controlling how it is engraved.  I don't anticipate much 
> direct use of `\segnoMark` by users, but it is a building block for `\repeat 
> segno …`.
>
> Add a `\fine` command which engraves a `|.` bar line, engraves a "Fine" 
> performance instruction, and does the obvious when repeats are unfolded.  
> This could be used with volta repeats as well as segno repeats.
>
> To support D.S. al Coda, add a command to indicate that a repeat alternative 
> should be treated as the Coda.  At a minimum, this would be something like 
> `\codaSection`, but it would be nice to generalize the idea of naming a 
> section or repeat alternative if it doesn't overcomplicate the implementation 
> of `\repeat segno`.
>
> `\repeat segno` has been "basically working" for a while, but there are 
> aspects that I would like to be more automatic or configurable and there 
> remains a lot of tidying-up, testing, and debugging.
>
> Regards,
> —
> Dan
>

Hi Dan.

sounds exciting.
Currently it's a pain to get a proper midi for more complex repeats...

Best,
  Harm