With 2.3.2 we seem to have changed the rules on how Mark Earliest M treats a fixture that can't Mark in a previously flagged Cue (i.e. there is no Mark Cue available up stream after it was last used), where it now treats it as a broken Mark. For years it has always worked that if it couldn't follow the rule of Mark Earliest Mark, then it would follow the rules of Mark Earliest...which in my humble opinion, is EXACTLY what I want it to do!
Now that it places a broken Mark and follows the rules of a broken Mark, this causes no end of headaches! Firstly that it doesn't Mark at a nice early point and secondly that it needs a lot of tidying up, and finally that my quick Part 20 Macro now doesn't tidy up as nicely! As "Part 20 Mark (to move the Mark part), Part 1 Mark (to remove original Mark point) Part 20 Label etc etc etc...." in a Macro now places a '+' in Part 1 (if it has a Reference) or an 'm', rather than doing exactly the opposite.
I don't want to go back to using Mark Earliest...as this isn't what I want 99% of the time, so would like the desk to remain as clever as it was before!
What is the reasoning for this going away? It was such a useful feature and made for seriously quick programming on these ridiculous fast and cue heavy musicals! It now takes an age to tidy up and find what's occurred.
It's been a while since I was last behind the desk and not used 2.3.2 until this week...so only just found it, but judging by the release notes it came in on 2.3.2 as a 'feature'...I really don't think this is correct behaviour or indeed a 'feature'!
Warren
