Re[2]: Issue 5272: Add \depart <markup> (issue 337520043 by address@hidden)

[Trevor]

Hi Carl

I can't resist adding my tuppence-worth :)

You wrote 07/02/2018 15:18:55

> If we want to capture semantics properly, I believe we need to 
> recognize that there are three different kinds of marks:
>
> 1) "jump-from" marks (D.S. al ..., D.C. al ..., To Coda)
> 2) "jump-to" marks (Segno, beginning of piece, coda)
> 3) "stop playing" marks (Fine, end of piece)
Agreed

> But if we try to capture all three semantics in a single mark, our 
> prospective MIDI performer would need to analyze the mark to decide 
> which kind it was.  And since we can do whatever we want with the mark 
> by changing the markup, it seems like we need three *different* marks.  
> My initial proposal if we want to go the functional route would be to 
> use
>
> \depart
> \join
> \fine
I really don't like \depart, and as all three are marks as well as 
potential semantic elements I would suggest

\gotoMark ID sign or \flowMark  ID sign
\locationMark  ID sign or \placeMark ID sign
\endMark  sign

Trevor