Re: [Rosegarden-devel] Re: [Rosegarden-user] Insert "Re flat" but get "Do sharp" ?

[Silvan <dmm...@us...>]

On Sunday 19 January 2003 11:18 am, Chris Cannam wrote:

> the Tools menu, where we have to assign them meaningful labels.  I'd
> chosen Do, Re, Mi etc., hence the current confusion.
>
> Just to precis, in case you hadn't spotted the menu aspect.

Yeah, OK, I see that.  No, I never noticed that before.  I hardly ever us=
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menus for stuff like that.  If it's not on a toolbar, I have to need it a=
 lot=20
before I go dig it up.

> cursor lands in a different key _could_ work, if we reassigned only a
> part of the label (say if the label said "Tonic (D)" or whatever),
> but would be very confusing otherwise.

Hmmmm...  It's a mess no matter how you slice it.  I think it would be=20
marginally less confusing to "do =3D=3D C" people if they were called Ton=
ic,=20
Second, etc., even if they _didn't_ have dynamically changing note name=20
components, and it would be a lot easier to implement.  Guillaume's Roman=
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numerals would make sense to me too.

Like you, though, I've got no real problem with the do re mi thing as it =
is. =20
I have no strong feeling either way.

Whenever we reach a consensus on what, if anything, needs to be done in t=
his=20
area, and any changes are ready, I'll mention how to use it in a /TIP:/=20
section.  One of my explanations should hopefully clear up any further=20
mysetry surrounding it. =20

Good stuff coming.  I was hoping to have it ready to publish by now, but =
it's=20
still just too rough.  Been working on it most of the weekend, but there=20
aren't enough hours in the day.  Tonight, tomorrow, sometime soonish.

> see docs/discussion/notenames.txt for some nonsense about those, btw.

>whereas the use of degenerate colonial names leads to dissonance,
meaningless arhythm, and finally absolute incomprehensible chaos.

*cough*  Have your=20
hemidemiummagummasuperkalafragalisticexpialodotiousquibblebibblequavers t=
hen,=20
but did you ever consider that it might be for precisely this reason that=
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your empire fell into ruin?  o_O

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