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Chord formatting error - OvertheTankTop - 01-09-2020
Hello y'all!
Here's a line of ChordPro code for you:
Code:
[Bm7][Bm6] [Bm add(#5)] [Bm]What happens is that the third chord is half formatted as text (the Bm part) and half formatted as chord (the add(#5) part).
RE: Chord formatting error - Little-Uke - 01-10-2020
Hi,
I don't think you are posting in the right place - what you are asking about is a Chordpro issue, not a MobileSheets one.
MobileSheets expects the correct Chordpro format to be used and the Chordpro chord format does not permit spaces! If you change the chord to [Bmadd(#5)] it will work. If you want to see a gap between "Bm" and "add" you will need to use an underscore or a dash between. Same applies for all applications incorporating Chordpro format.
RE: Chord formatting error - Zubersoft - 01-10-2020
I'd like Sciurius to provide feedback on this as he manages the chord pro specification. I'm not sure why the code isn't handling [Bm add(#5)] correctly - I'll have to look into that. In theory, I would have expected that to work, so if it's a simple change to make that work correctly, I'll update the code.
Mike
RE: Chord formatting error - OvertheTankTop - 01-11-2020
(01-10-2020, 02:04 AM)Little-Uke Wrote: Hi,
I don't think you are posting in the right place - what you are asking about is a Chordpro issue, not a MobileSheets one.
MobileSheets expects the correct Chordpro format to be used and the Chordpro chord format does not permit spaces! If you change the chord to [Bmadd(#5)] it will work. If you want to see a gap between "Bm" and "add" you will need to use an underscore or a dash between. Same applies for all applications incorporating Chordpro format.
It may be true that the Chordpro format doesn't allow spaces in a chord. But I noticed that the chord like I wrote it with the space between is formatted just fine in other contexts, just not in this one. I think the irregularity pointed me towards the conclusion that this might be a bug.
RE: Chord formatting error - sciurius - 01-12-2020
Formally, ChordPro does not impose restrictions on what can be a chord name. Anything is valid, e.g.,
[A Quick Fox]Jumps over the dog
However, if you want your favourite ChordPro processing tool to do something intelligent with your chord (e.g., print a diagram, or transpose) then you may find that the tools impose restrictions on what chord name are recognized. Generally accepted chord names are like Am and C#maj7#5. And in general spaces are not allowed. (Yes, there are exceptions.)
So even though it is not a formal restriction of the ChordPro format, it is best to stick to generally accepted chord names and not use spaces.
EDIT: Having said all that, I agree that [Bm add5] should completely render in chord style, just like [A cappella], [Coda], [Fine], etc..
RE: Chord formatting error - Zubersoft - 01-17-2020
With a normal line of lyrics and chords, [Bm add(#5)] renders just fine as a chord in MobileSheetsPro. It's only when it's on a line by itself with other chords and no lyrics at all. So I'll take a look into that, but the problem is pretty minor.
Mike