- From: Philip Jägenstedt <philipj@opera.com>
- Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2011 10:28:03 +0100
On Mon, 03 Jan 2011 18:56:56 +0100, Simon Pieters <simonp at opera.com> wrote: > 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>? > Yes, that would be another solution. -- Philip J?genstedt Core Developer Opera Software
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