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Re: the accent symbol
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Robert T Wyatt |
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Re: the accent symbol |
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Mon, 01 Aug 2005 08:13:06 -0500 |
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Bruce,
Thanks for the reply.
To everyone,
I am thoroughly shocked to discover that the term referred to was
"moreable" which seems to be completely made up.
It is used by certain programmers to indicate a field for data entry
that can be "opened" for more information. So the field may contain a
symbol like a + when there is no extra data, but the field would contain
a > to indicate that there is more data.
The field is thus a 'moreable' field and can open a 'moreable' window.
Turns out they have gone so far as to include instructions to "... space
over the moreable..." to open the pop-up window.
Now, I must admit that this is more concise than saying "... place a
space character over the greater than sign..." but really!
For what it's worth, the programmers are using 'Natural' a programming
language developed by Software AG (a German company). It is possible
(but I don't know how likely) that the term originated here.
Thanks for your time,
Robert
Fairchild wrote:
Robert -
Maybe you are searching for "marcato" (Italian) or "marcado" (Spanish)
See http://www.dolmetsch.com/musictheory21.htm#accent
http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/courses/rhythm/illustrations/accent.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accent_%28music%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcato
- Bruce
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