User blog comment:Wythagoras/Alejandro Magno's Untitled Notation/@comment-25371339-20140921200930/@comment-25371339-20140921201434

a-b-c-(-^--)-(-^-)-(-^-)-(-^--)-d = a-b-c-(-^--)-(-^-)---...---^-(-^--)-d w/ d lines

This should be clear for now.

Next we have:

a-b-c-(-^--)-(-^--)-(-^--)-d = a-b-c-(-^--)-(-^-)-(-^-)-(-^-)-...-(-^-)-(-^-)-(-^-)-(-^--)-d w/ d -(-^-)-'s

I will continue soon.