- From: Simon Pieters <simonp@opera.com>
- Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2011 18:56:56 +0100
On Mon, 03 Jan 2011 16:57:50 +0100, Philip J?genstedt <philipj at opera.com> wrote: >>> To use a different style for the cues that are sung together, so that >>> you know when it's your turn to sing. >> >> It's not clear whether multiple voices is really necessary. Can't you >> just >> do (using the new syntax): >> >> 00:01.000 --> 00:02.000 >> <v Bob> Speaker 1 >> 00:03.000 --> 00:04.000 >> <v Jim> Speaker 2 >> 00:05.000 --> 00:06.000 >> <v Bob and Jim> Speaker 1+2 >> >> ...where "Bob and Jim" is a third name? > > Sure, one could, but the new syntax/parsing also allows <v Bob><v Jim> > Speaker 1+2, which is what I requested. > > Using this syntax, I would expect some confusion when you omit the > closing </v>, when it's *not* a cue spoken by two voices at the same > time, such as: > > <v Jim>- Boo! > <v Bob>- Gah! > > Gah! is spoken by both Jim and Bob, but that was likely not intended. If > this causes confusion, we should make validators warn about multiple > voices with with no closing </v>. Or we can say that nesting cues is not important enough to be supported, and make <v> imply </v>? -- Simon Pieters Opera Software
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