Feature request: make all [dynamic slash dynamic] combos possible

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currently, if i enter into the dynamic popover ff/mp, Dorico translates that correctly as ff/mp.

However, if I want to do mp/pp or mp/p, Dorico gets confused and displays only mp.

This has practical applications for how some orgs/people notate marching percussion (and how I have crossed that over to solo percussion) as [accent height/dynamic]/[tap height/dynamic]. For example, in a ff/mp dynamic marking, the accents are played at 15 inches and the taps are played at 3 inches. In a mp/p dynamic marking, accents are played at 3 inches and the taps are played at 1 inch.

I acknowledge that the latter is not the most common, and I assume that I can do some sort of text popover workaround, so I would classify this as a low-priority request.

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Thanks for the feedback. The limitation of combined dynamics at the moment is that the dynamic on each side of the separator has to be of the opposite magnitude, i.e. if the left-hand side is some kind of forte, the right-hand side has to be some kind of piano. This is something that users often ask us about, and we do plan to change it. It has implications for existing projects etc. so it has to be done with care, but it is certainly on our radar.

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