[openlp-dev] Optional Split Saga

[Ian Knight]

Perhaps something like "Insert Auto-Break" and "Split Verse"

Regards,

Ian Knight

On 25/08/17 22:19, Lane Lester wrote:
> ​​
> I confess I have no idea what the Optional Split does (what? read the 
> doc?). The only splitting I do is to add a second ---[Verse:1]--- to 
> split a long verse into two screens.
> The Optional Split button inserts [---] which doesn't seem to do 
> anything. There's no Divide button, so I guess that's in newer code 
> than I have.
> From what you wrote, I assume the Divide (Force Split) does the same 
> thing I accomplish by duplicating the label as described in my first 
> paragraph above.
> Side note: I read somewhere that it's not good to have more than six 
> lines on the screen, for the viewers' sake. So I've been splitting 
> long verses as I get to them.
>
> Lane
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> On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 3:40 AM, Raoul Snyman <raoul at snyman.info 
> <mailto:raoul at snyman.info>> wrote:
>
>     Hey guys and gals,
>
>     As some folks are aware, we've had an ongoing saga about the
>     "Optional Split" button in the song editor. Many people seem to
>     think that it meant that a particular verse would be split at that
>     particular location every time (no matter if there was or wasn't
>     enough space in the slide). Along the way we've had people ask for
>     a way to force a verse to split (much like some people expect the
>     optional split to work).
>
>     Between Olli and Tim, they've implemented the second split option.
>     This is great, but I'm not sure that the current nomenclature for
>     the buttons is correct.
>
>     Currently, the buttons are labelled "Optional Split" and "Divide".
>     After some careful thought, my wife suggested "Auto Split" and
>     "Force Split". Does anyone have any other ideas?
>
>     -- 
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