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I was not liking the auto crop that was happening when I imported (via companion) .txt and .chopro text files, so I looked in the manual (v unusual for me, LOL)
The Android manual seemed to suggest I needed to go to the cropping window but there I got the message that my chopro file was "Not Croppable".
I tried the same file as a .TXT and I tried adding a column break {cb} but no dice, I still couldn't change the crop.
What are the rules and restrictions on cropping?
Have I misunderstood something?
What am I missing?
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Cropping doesn't make any sense for .txt or ChordPro files. To use the complete screen use "Auto-Size Font" from "Text Display Settings".
It can be set as default in "Settings - Text File Settings"
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There is no cropping with text or chord pro files. There is only the page margin setting (Settings->Text File Settings->Page Margins). I'll need to more information if you are experiencing some kind of issue.
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Ok. I think I understand. I'm slowly getting to grips with what can and can't, should and shouldn't be done with text/cho files.
Love the capo feature. I can now do a concert bass part and tell the guitar player to sort out the capo themselves. BTW, why is the capo slider in Text display settings rather than the Capo display settings drop-down?
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I didn't want users to have to go to two different dialogs to change the properties that impact how the song is displayed. Once the user has configured the capo display, I imagine they wouldn't need to change that again, but users may change the text display settings per song if they want it displayed a specific way. From a coding perspective, changing the capo display settings doesn't require the song to be re-rendered, whereas changes to the text display settings do, so it's nice not to have to duplicate any of that code by having the capo selection be with the other text display settings. However, if users feel strongly that the capo selection should either be on both dialogs, or only on the capo display settings, I'm not opposed to moving it.
Mike
