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Ceder Square Dance System (CSDS) ==> Choreography

Crossfire
When I write a sequence with Crossfire from Out-Facing Lines, the program tells me that the resulting formation is a beginning Double Pass Thru formation. I would have expected a Quarter Tag formation. Am I wrong - or is the program?

Please see the following:

  1. Our definition of Crossfire at http://www.ceder.net/def/crossfire.php
  2. The "Crossfire Controversy", a paper that I've written to explain the "problem" at http://www.ceder.net/def/crossfire_controversy.php

If you believe that Crossfire from Out-Facing Lines ends in a 1/4 Tag, you can add a snapshot record to that effect.

To add a snapshot record so that Crossfire from Out-Facing Lines ends in a 1/4 Tag formation do the following:

  1. Start CSDS;
  2. Select 'Sequence | New Sequence [Graphics]';
  3. Select any sequence database that starts from a Squared Set, and click 'OK';
  4. Enter the following 3 lines:
    Heads Star Thru & Spread
    All Pass Thru
    Crossfire
    The displayed ending formation should be a Starting DPT.
  5. Select 'Flags | Set all Flags';
  6. Press F11, then press F12. This un-executes one line, then re-executes it with all flags set. The 'Call Not Found, Add It?' window should appear, with the dancers in Out-Facing Lines.
  7. Press the 'Process or Add' button. The 'Edit Snapshot Record' window appears, which allows you to define Crossfire from Out-Facing Lines.
  8. Using the mouse, drag the dancers to their ending positions (i.e., click the left mouse button and hold it down and move the mouse, release the button when the dancer is in the correct ending spot), set the dancer's facing direction (right-click the mouse within the square box near the place where the dancer's nose should be -- or -- use the radio buttons in the lower-left side of the screen), and set their roll attribute (lower-right side of screen) if desired (only the original Ends can Roll after a Crossfire).
  9. After all dancers have been appropriately positioned, close the window (via the 'X' in the upper right corner, or via 'Edit | Close')
  10. A confirmation dialog box appears. Click 'Yes'.
  11. The 'Call Not Found, Add It?' dialog box reappears.
  12. VERY IMPORTANT: Click the 'Clear all' button (under the selected blue flags);
  13. Now click the 'OK' button in the 'Exit' section.
  14. The displayed ending formation should now be a 1/4 Tag formation!!!
  15. Congratulations! You have just created a snapshot record.
  16. If the snapshot record just created was incorrect, you can delete it or edit it as follows:
    1. Select 'View | Last snapshot record used';
    2. Then select 'Edit | Toggle Delete' to delete the record;
      or select 'Edit | Data' to edit the record.

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