[JWplugins] Numbered measures - sample styles

[Howard Begun]

To my mind, the wording, "Skip every 4th measure" suggests
"1,2,3,_,5,6,7,_,9,10,11,_,13...".

I think I see now where I got tripped up. I had assumed the interval
settings would function the same way that Finale's measure number region
settings do. If you wanted 1,5,9... you'd enter "Show on every 4 measures
beginning with measure 1." To get 4,8,12... you'd enter "every 4 measures
beginning with measure 4." If you followed the same method here, I'd think
you could do away with the Number on Skips setting altogether.

Howard


On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 1:18 PM, Jari Williamsson <
jari.williamsson at mailbox.swipnet.se> wrote:

> On 2013-04-18 17:30, Howard Begun wrote:
>
>  I did have a little trouble figuring out how to get every 4th bar
>> numbered.
>> It seemed that no matter what I tried, I'd end up with "5,9,13,17..."
>> instead of "4,8,12,16...". After a while I finally looked at the "Number
>> on
>> skips" setting. I had no idea what that referred to so I didn't pay it any
>> attention until I exhausted all the other options. Setting it to "Last in
>> group" did the trick so I'm good to go. I'm still not sure what the
>> purpose
>> of this setting is, however.
>>
>
> If you tell it to skip every 4th measure, you group the material into 1-4,
> 5-8, 9-12, etc. "Last in group" would use 4, 8, 12, etc. "First in group"
> would use 1, 5, 9, etc.
>
> Perhaps I should default to "Last in group" for newly created profiles?
>
>  I'm also curious as to why you chose the word "element" instead of
>> "measure" for the interval settings.
>>
>
> The numbering styles will control more than just numbering single
> measures. For example: if you (in later versions of the plug-in) use the
> numbering style for 2-measure repeats, each "element" will be 2 measures
> long. There will be some support to number elements that appear at
> irregular intervals as well.
>
>  When a sequence is restarted due to a double barline, rehearsal mark,
>> etc.,
>> I'd like it if the last bar before the restart is always numbered (in case
>> it doesn't fit the interval pattern). This could either be part of the
>> "Always at end of region" setting or it could be a separate option.
>>
>
> Yes, that's a known bug. The current plan is to include that functionality
> in the already-available option.
>
>  Finally, would it be possible to have the current profile preselected when
>> entering the profile editor? In trying out different settings, I kept
>> editing the default profile by mistake because that's the one that comes
>> up
>> (being at the top of the list). Or maybe you could add move up/down
>> buttons
>> so that the list could be sorted manually.
>>
>
> The current behavior shouldn't happen and I've now logged it as a bug.
> This version was rushed out a bit too soon, hopefully the quirks will be
> gone in the next version.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Jari Williamsson
>
>
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