Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] NoteEdit 2.3.4
From: Chris Cannam (cannam_AT_all-day-breakfast.com)
Date: Mon Dec 22 2003 - 21:33:09 EET
On Monday 22 Dec 2003 5:27 pm, Joerg Anders wrote:
> NoteEdit is now able to import MusicXML files produced
> by Rosegarden. Unfortunately, Rosegarden forgets the
> "sharp" and "flat" statements :-(
This is the second time recently that you've announced a perceived
defect in Rosegarden as part of your release note without bothering
to contact Rosegarden's developers about it.
I think that's rather ungentlemanly. I don't recall ever having been
uncivil toward you or your software and I would consider it a shame
if a Rosegarden developer set aside space in a Rosegarden release
note to criticise any other free software program, especially if they
hadn't notified its developers first.
For what it's worth, your note is also misleading because it implies
that Rosegarden's MusicXML files don't contain any information that
can be used to deduce accidentals for display. They do contain the
basic <alter> elements for shifted pitch; they just don't contain
accidentals where (for example) a user has requested that one be
shown explicitly even though it's also in the key. While this is not
the complete showstopper you seem to suggest, it is certainly a
limitation, and it's one I hadn't realised was there so a bug report
would have been very welcome.
Chris
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